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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G6755
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1656
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279608

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 14.9 x 19.5 cm (5 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 16 × 20.4 cm (6 5/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, red ink: am [unidentified collector (Lugt 144, where Alfred Morrison is suggested)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite, various inscriptions: N-46-B. 3[struck through] e- Epr. / l'adoration les bergers / B. 46 / Bot. of H. Wunderlich & Co / May 22, 1888, for $40- [price underlined twice] / B. 46 / c 8366 / nx-
  • watermark: bottom, partial mark: [crown-shaped top portion of coat of arms (Hinterding Strasbourg Lily ZZ.zz. as unidentified references)]
  • inscription: verso, centered, oil paint?: + [a large cross made with two brush strokes in the center of the sheet]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 6755
  • inscription: recto, lower margin at right, graphite: 45.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Unidentified collector (Lugt 144). [Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York] sold; to Harvard University, May 22, 1888.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
v/xi
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 300, Bartsch 46, Hind 255.iv (viii), R. 46

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G6755
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ivan Gaskell, Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist
  • Robert Fucci, Rembrandt's Changing Impressions, exh. cat., Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König (Germany, 2015), p. 122, cat. no. 16.1, repr. p. 124

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 09/09/2006 - 12/10/2006
  • Rembrandt's Changing Impressions, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 09/09/2015 - 12/12/2015

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