A small crowd of people is gathered in the lower right around an old man seated and holding a baby.
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Light enters from the upper left a winged figure is talking to the face of a woman in robes who’s looking at the old man. The angel is pointing to the baby. Five other people are kneeling around the baby in the old man’s arms, with more people behind them, in less detail, flow into the right side background showing a temple with steps and long curtain in the back. A small girl leans on the wall by herself on the right. The right side of the drawing has little detail.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3228
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Presentation in the Temple, with the Angel: Small Plate
Other Titles
Former Title: Presentation in the Temple, with the Angel
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1630
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279609

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 10.3 x 7.8 cm (4 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: bottom: RL 1630
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite number within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3228
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B 51. II et. / fr. A. K. , No 627.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf; late 19th-c. Gray Collection inventory]
  • inscription: lower margin, center, graphite: 51

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
W. Ackermann.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 54, Bartsch 51, Hind 18.ii (ii), R. 51

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3228
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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