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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3274
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
A Scholar in His Study ("Faust")
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Faustus
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1653
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279708

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Plate: 21 × 16.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 21.5 × 16.2 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: bottom, brown ink: 250.
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: v.E. (unidentified, Lugt 2512)
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA [linked] / Pr. [within a circular border; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
  • watermark: Arms of Colbert [Hinterding v. 2, p. 45, A.zz, but see Hinterding v.3, p. 66, A.a.a. No Arms of Colbert marks appear in his chronological listing of Rembrandt's papers, indicating that this is a posthumous impression.]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3274
  • inscription: lower margin, center, brown ink: 250.
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: No 4 / B 270 / 10 N. 83. / B 270

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Unidentified Owner. initials v. E.
Ackermann.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
v/vii (posthumous)
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 270, Bartsch 270.i (i), Hind 260.iii (iii), R. 270

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3274
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt Prints & Drawings, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, 11/05/2008 - 12/14/2008

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights

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