Inscription
on former backboard: Trés exceptionelle comme qualitésur papier du Japon et aved de trés nombreuses taches de manière noire; Monsieur Maurice Gobin, 1 rue Laffitte, Paris, 7,500 francs, 9 March 1923 (according to dealer notes)
Provenance
(Maurice Gobin, Paris, 1923); de Menthon, Paris; by descent until 2004;(C. G. Boerner Ltd., London); purchased 2005 by NGA.
Exhibition History
- 2006
- Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- 2008
- Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 48.
Bibliography
- 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: no. 295, only.