The Third Oriental Head

1635

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Dutch 17th Century

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn and Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn after Jan Lievens

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.7 x 13.3 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 17.1 x 14.6 cm (6 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.5.131

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 288, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Nagautuck, CT (Lugt 1384a); (Richard Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1944; gift to NGA, 1944.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

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

1961

  • Rembrandt's Etchings, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1962.

1966

  • Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 101.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC., 1969, no. 75, 64.

1972

  • Rare Etchings by G.B. and G.D. Tiepolo, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1972, not in cat.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, no cat.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 151, state only.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at upper left: Rembrandt / geretuck [r and g in reverse] / 1635; verso: at top center in graphite in later hand: B.288; at bottom in graphite in later hand: 27 M 444

Markings

recto: none; verso: Joseph Whittemore, stamped twice (Lugt 1384a) and National Gallery of Art (Lugt 1932d)

Watermarks

fleur de lis in shield

Wikidata ID

Q65024922

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