Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)

1641

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Three figures and a dog are depicted at full length. The figures are standing outside a building. One figure is under an archway slightly facing the other two. The figures have detailed features including beards and mustaches, and wear head coverings and robes with intricate patterns. One figure is gesturing. A small dog is sitting nearby. In the background, there is an architectural structure with an arch and a decorated column. Leafy vines are in the top left. The scene is sketched with fine lines and shading, creating a detailed representation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John E. Stocker

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.4 x 11.1 cm (5 11/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.3 x 16 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.125.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 118, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Creighton-Davis Gallery, Washington, D.C.); John Stocker, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

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. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 190, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate, in reverse: Rembrand f. 1641; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Ayers ii/ii; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: REMBRANDT HIND 183 ii/ii; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: FINE LATE IMPRESSION

Markings

MA in monogram (not in Lugt)

Wikidata ID

Q76355785

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