- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1977.45
- People
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School of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
- Title
- Baptism of the Eunuch
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 17th century
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/296039
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor with scratchwork on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
- Dimensions
- 19.8 x 26.3 cm (7 13/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
mount: 30.7 x 37 cm (12 1/16 x 14 9/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: mount, lower center, graphite: Rembrandt [underlined]
- inscription: mount, lower center, graphite: Rembrant [underlined]
- inscription: mount, lower center, graphite: Mend at arrow [arrow pointed to right center edge]
- inscription: mount, verso, upper center, folded under, graphite: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 Baptism of the Eunuch
- inscription: mount, verso, upper center, graphite: 32 [encircled]
- inscription: mount, upper right, graphite: 20
- inscription: mount ,verso, lower left, graphite: almost certainly he, Rembrandt. reproduced by Vasari Society 1906 pt. II : 28--
- watermark: mount: Crown above GV
- inscription: upper left, brown ink: [illegible]
- Provenance
- Carl Robert Rudolf, London (L.s. 2811b, without his mark), his sale; [Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 June 1977], sold; to Fogg Art Museum.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.45
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Subjects and Contexts
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Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings
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