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lower right in reverse: Rembrandt f. 1656

Provenance

Antique shop, Yorkshire; sold 1946 to private collection, England;[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26-27 June 1997, no. 94); purchased by NGA.

[1] The copper plate was presumed to have been lost after Rembrandt's death in 1669, but was apparently acquired by a 17th century Antwerp artist, perhaps Peeter Gysels or another artist in his circle, who painted the river landscape scene on the back of the plate.

Exhibition History
1997
Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1997-1998, no. 7.
1998
Copper as Canvas: Two Centuries of Masterpiece Paintings on Copper, 1525-1775, Phoenix Art Museum; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1998-1999, no. 73, repro.
1998
Komenecky, Michael, Isabel Horovitz, and Nicholas Eastaugh. "Antwerp Artists and the Practice of Painting on Copper." Painting Techniques, History, Materials and Studio Practice. Contributions to the Dublin Congress (7-11 Sept. 1998): 137-138.
2000
Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001, unnumbered catalogue.
2006
Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2017
Divine Encounter: Rembrandt's Abraham and the Angels, The Frick Collection, New York, 2017.
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.
1998
McLellan, Diana. "Really Big Shows." Washingtonian 33, no. 11 (August 1998): 70.
2005
Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 117-119, color repro.
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