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Peasant family on the tramp: P.19-1993

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Peasant family on the tramp

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Clement de Jonghe (number 28 in the inventory of 1679); Claude-Henri Watelet (auctioned from his estate in 1786); bought by Pierre-Francois Basan (until 1797); by descent to Henri-Louis Basan (until approx. 1810); Auguste Jean (until 1820); by descent to the Widow Jean (until 1846); bought by Auguste Bernard (until approx. 1875); by descent to Michel Bernard (until approx. 1906); bought by Alvin-Beaumont (until 1938); bought by Robert Lee Humber

Legal notes

Purchased from the Bartlett and Perceval Funds with a 50% grant from the MGC/V&A Purchase Grant Fund

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.76 mm
Height: 115 mm
Width: 94 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1993) by Artemis Fine Arts Limited

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1652

Note

II/II.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Copper

Techniques used in production

Etching

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.19-1993
Primary reference Number: 86628
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): B131 II/II (plate)
Biƶrklund/Barnard: BB52-3 II/II (plate)
Hinterding (Rembrandt's copperplates): B131 (p. 50)
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 26 July 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 26 July 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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