The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake
1654
Rembrandt van Rijn
Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 9.5 x 14.4 cm (3 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
sheet: 9.9 x 14.9 cm (3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.9112
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Catalogue Raisonné
White/Boon 1969, no. 63, State i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased at Hollstein and Puppel Sale (Lot #752) 1929; 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.
1933
An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 106.
1990
Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 49, repro.
2006
Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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.
1990
Russell 1990, cat.no.49.
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 278, i/iv.
Wikidata ID
Q65024903