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Man in an Arbor

1642

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image contains a three-quarter view of a seated person drawn in an etching style with intricate facial features, including a prominent nose, expressive eyes, beard, and mustache. The figure wears a wide-brimmed hat, a heavy garment, and there is no visible jewelry. The background includes lightly etched foliage and an indistinct architectural element. The signature and date "Rembrandt 1642" are inscribed at the top of the image.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.7182
Catalogue Raisonné

White/Boon 1969, no. 257, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.

1958

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

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. 208, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65024700

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