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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3260
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
A Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player and His Family Receiving Alms
Other Titles
Former Title: Beggar Family at the Door of a House
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1648
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279700

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in red ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 16.3 × 12.9 cm (6 7/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge, right: Rembrandt . f. 164- [1648; the last digit abraded]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: H. W. [Hermann Weber (Lugt 1383)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3260
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Cl. 173

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/v (posthumous)
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 243, Bartsch 176, Hind 233, Rovinski 176

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3260
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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