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Rembrandt drawing: 23.K.5-1

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Rembrandt drawing

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gole, Jacob
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

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Notes

History note: Samuel Woodburn (note 'to be supplied by Woodburn' on album leaf, and so likely to have been sent to Lord Fitzwilliam after 1804, the date the album was bound)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Note

Before any inscription. Calligraphic writing in margin in ink

School or Style

Dutch

Components of the work

Sheet Height 323 mm Width 236 mm

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Rembrandt / Ad Se ipsum Pinxit
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Title
  • Text: J. Gole fecit
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Name

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.K.5-1
Primary reference Number: 166556
Charrington (Rembrandt): 54
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 111

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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