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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4922
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Medea
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Marriage of Jason and Creusa
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1648
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279695

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
sheet: 24 x 18 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Rembrandt f.
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: SAMLUNG / . HEBICH . / HAMBURG [in an oval; Johann Carl Dietrich Hebich (Lugt 1250)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: WK [in an oval; Wilhelm Koller (Lugt 2632)]
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: 150
  • inscription: various graphite inscriptions: o [struck through diagonally] / No. 124 / 13445/DCZ / b. 112 I. / B. 112 / B 112
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 4922

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Wilhelm Koller, Vienna (Lugt 2632), sale [Alexander Posonyi, Vienna, February 5, 1872, no. 1234]. Johann Carl Dietrich Hebich, Hamburg (Lugt 1250), sale [Gutekunst, Stuttgart, November 15, 1880, no. 153]. Dr. Lippmann, sold; to Harvard University, June 29, 1882.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/v
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 241, Bartsch 112, Hind 235

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4922
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Frits Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins et d'Estampes. Marques estampillées et écrites de collections particulières et publiques. . . ., Vereenigde Drukkerijen (Amsterdam, 1921), under L. 2632, p. 496
  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 2632
  • Robert Fucci, Rembrandt's Changing Impressions, exh. cat., Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König (Germany, 2015), pp.73-75, cat. no. 7.1, repr. p. 76

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt's Changing Impressions, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 09/09/2015 - 12/12/2015

Verification Level

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