The Image Seen by Nebuchadnezzar

1655

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a drawing of a classical statue. The image depicts an etched figure resembling a classical statue of a man adorned with cloth drapery. It stands on a pedestal marked with inscriptions like "Baboe," "Nabuc," "Grec," "Romani," and "Hetman." The background is shaded intensely to highlight the figure, a common technique in etchings, where the cross-hatching style adds depth. The artwork is signed with "Rembrandt" in the corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, burin and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 10 × 7 cm (3 15/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 10.6 × 7 cm (4 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7208

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 36, State A v/v

  • Series Title

    Illustration to Menasseh ben Israel's "Piedra Gloriosa o de

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate); 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.

1958

  • The Fantastic, the Occult, and the Bizarre in Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958, no catalogue.

1961

  • Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinatti, OH, 1961-1962.

1965

  • The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965.

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. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no288a, v/v.

Wikidata ID

Q65024757

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