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A woman stands at a well lifting a jug as a man seated on steps faces her, in an old village.

Light enters from the upper right illuminating the man’s face (Christ), and the woman’s back. Her face is in shadow as she looks toward Christ, she’s wearing a long dress, hair tied back. On the left, a bearded Christ looks at her, his right arm bent at the elbow and hand opened toward her. The two are framed by an antique ruin of a structure, with darkened archway behind Christ.　A small group of four men is visible from the waist up in the lower right corner background, they appear to be in conversation and walking up a hill.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3236
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1634
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279638

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 12.2 x 10.8 cm (4 13/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
sheet: 12.8 × 11 cm (5 1/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Rembrandt.f.
  • inscription: in plate, u.r.: Rembrandt. f. 1634
  • inscription: verso, graphite: E.H.G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf; late 19th-c. Gray Collection inventory]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3236
  • watermark: Shield inscribed "Paris 1680" [not seen; listed in Hinterding v. 2, p. 236, Miscellaneous Late, A. closely related, e.]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/v (posthumous)
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 127, Bartsch 71, Hind 122, Rovinski 71

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3236
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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