Medea, or the Marriage of Jason and Creusa

1648

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.1 × 17.4 cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.5 × 18.2 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1955.6.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 112, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Stayner Holford [1808-1892], London (Lugt 2243); W. G. Russell Allen [1882-1955]; gift to the NGA, 1955.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Rembrandt Etchings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1961, no cat.

1973

  • Etchings by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no cat.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1977, no. 22.

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.

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. 241, state i/v.

Wikidata ID

Q48241230

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