St. Jerome in a Dark Chamber, 1642

Not on View

Medium

etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.1 x 17.6 cm (5 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

White/Boon 1969, no. 105, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1994.60.52

Artists / Makers

Rembrandt van Rijn (artist) Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Rembrandt f. 1642; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: [?]2.0.0; by later hands, lower left verso: (two sets of numbers, both undeciphered)

Provenance

English private collection, possibly Charles Scarisbrick (Lugt 522); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.
Scarisbrick, Charles

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 24.

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. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 212, ii/iii.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 24.