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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4918
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Incredulity of Thomas ("Christ Appearing to the Apostles")
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Christ Appearing to the Apostles
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1656
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279722

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching with plate tone on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 16.5 × 21.4 cm (6 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Rembrandt. f. 1656
  • countermark: center: HP countermark [Hinterding v. 2, p. 77, HP.zz.]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown ink: J:B_ [John Barnard (Lugt 1419)]
  • inscription: verso, red chalk: Gersaint 68 [struck through]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions, many of which seem to have been reduced to the state of virtual illegibility: 68 [crossed out] / [illeg. but perhaps "og"] / 76. / 530g [underlined] / Cg 93 / B 89 / A.A.2[?] k_ / Du Cab. John Barnard ["Barnard" underlined] / 667 / H d[?] 68 / N r. 76 [struck through] / H.64
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: KEvLiphart [Karl Eduard von Liphart (Lugt 1687)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 4918

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 296, Bartsch 89, Hind 237 only state, R. 89

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4918
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ivan Gaskell, Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 09/09/2006 - 12/10/2006

Verification Level

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