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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8849
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1659
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279723

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed on warm tan Japanese paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 18.1 x 21.5 cm (7 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below the foreground figure group: Rembrandt f. 1659
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp and graphite: [shield shape with a flower at its center; Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufsess (Lugt 2749). Above this is the graphite inscription, with an arrow pointing to the stamped mark:] Lugt 2749 / H. Freiherr von + zu Aufsess
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: Hh [monogram (Lugt 1314), perhaps Hugo Helbing]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: GRAY COLLECTION / HARVARD COLLEGE [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 1101)] 8849
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 1746 [circled] / a43633 / B94. / 8499 / S/UI / E Y X no.["no." underlined] / Second State of 5 / Superb proof printed on the fine Japanese / paper which Rembrandt reserved for his finest plates. / E2380

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
H. Freiherr von und zu Aufsess (Lugt 2749).
H. Helbing (Lugt 1314)?

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/vi
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 312, Bartsch 94, Hind 301 ii/iv

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8849
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Clifford S. Ackley and Ronni Baer, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, exh. cat., MFA Publications (Boston, 2003), cat.no.180, pp.265-67, 329

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt's Journey: Painting, Draftsman, Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 10/26/2003 - 01/18/2004; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 02/14/2004 - 05/09/2004

Verification Level

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