An older man dressed in robes looks up at light rays emanating from a window in his study.　
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The man (Faust) stands in three quarter pose on the left turning away from us looking into the large window in the upper right. The clear panes of glass form an arched pattern, as illuminated rays with a medallion-like configuration of letters beam from the lower center of the window. He supports himself on the table with his right hand. There’s a skull behind him on a shelf on left, and sketched globe in the lower right. The image is rendered in strong contrast of light and shadows.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR30.78
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
A Scholar in His Study ("Faust")
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Doctor Faustus
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1652
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/56589

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, engraving, and drypoint with added gray wash on off-white 18th-c. antique-laid paper
Technique
Etching, engraving and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 21 × 16 cm (8 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with graphite numbering below: PROPERTY OF THE / GERMANIC MUSEUM / OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY [now the Busch-Reisinger Museum (not in Lugt)] B.1930.78
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: M 13073 / 267[struck through] / B 270 / Bl 84

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Henry Ware Holland
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
BR30.78
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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