The Omval

1645

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This image depicts a person walking along the edge of a river bank. In the background, there are buildings and a windmill. The illustration is done in an etching style with fine lines and cross-hatching for texture. The color scheme is monochromatic in shades of sepia and dark gray. The sky is clear with subtle hints of clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 18.7 × 22.9 cm (7 3/8 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7144

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 209, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 19.

1958

  • Drawings and Prints by Rembrandt from the Rosenwald and Widener Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958, no catalogue.

1966

  • Rembrandt, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1966-1967.

1971

  • The Influence of Rembrandt on Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Landscape Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1971, no cat.

1988

  • The Pastoral Landscape: The Legacy of Venice, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989, no. 62, fig. 129.

2018

  • Water, Wind, and Waves; Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, NGA, 2018.

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, 1993-, no. 221, state ii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024619

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