Abraham Francen
c. 1657
Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint and burin on Japan paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 19.8 x 20.5 cm (7 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
sheet: 20.4 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.7157
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Catalogue Raisonné
White/Boon 1969, no. 273, State vi/x
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Heneage Finch Earl of Aylesford (Lugt 58); 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. 36.
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. 110, 68.
1970
Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Charleston Art Gallery, Charleston, WV, 1970, no cat.
2006
Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2015
Asia in Amsterdam, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2015 - 2016, unnumbered catalogue.
2016
Asia in Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, 2016.
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. 301, state vi/xii.
Wikidata ID
Q65024644