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c. 1646/1650

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 8.9 x 18.5 cm (3 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1954.12.114

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R.P. Roupell (Lugt 2234), NGA LJR (Lugt Supp.1932d)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1956, no. 145.

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no cat.

1958

  • Drawings and Prints by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958, no cat.

1960

  • Rembrandt Drawings from American Collections, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY; and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1960, no. 45, repro.

1961

  • Masterpieces: A Memorial Exhibition for Adele R. Levy, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1961, no. 68, repro.

1962

  • Drawings from the National Gallery of Art Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962, no cat.

1966

  • Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no cat.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 32, 39, repro.

  • Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years: An Exhibition of Rembrandt and His Followers, Art Institute of Chicago; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Detroit Institute of Arts, 1969-1970, no. 118, repro.

1977

  • Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Denver Art Museum; and Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 1977, no. 35, repro.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 58.

1988

  • Landscape in Perspective: Drawings by Rembrandt and his Contemporaries, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, no. 68.

1990

  • Rembrandt's Landscapes: Drawings and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1990, no. 63, repro.

2004

  • Rembrandt, Albertina, Vienna, 2004, no. 162.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2018

  • Water, Wind, and Waves: Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2018, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1969

  • National Gallery of Art. Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art: Commemorating the tercentenary of the artist's death. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1969: 39, no. 32, repro.

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.)

1977

  • Robinson 1977, 35.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 668, no. 1062, color repro.

1990

  • Schneider, Cynthia P. Rembrandt's Landscapes: Prints and Drawings. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: no. 63.

1997

  • Richler, Martha. National Gallery of Art, Washington: A World of Art. London, 1997: 77, figs. 24 and 25.

2009

  • Slive, Seymour. Rembrandt Drawings. Los Angeles, 2009: no. 11.9

2014

  • Schatborn, Peter, and Lenore van Sloten. Oude Tekeningen, Nieuwe Namen: Rembrandt en Tijdgenoten. Amsterdam, 2014: under no. 42, and fig. 42a (as Jan Ruijscher).

Inscriptions

later hand, lower center verso in pen and ink: Rembrandt / [7.?]; lower left verso in graphite: 1.o 387.

Wikidata ID

Q64620312

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