Abraham Francen

c. 1657

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a seated man holding a large open book or document, with a decorated artwork depicting a religious scene in the background. Various objects are visible around the room, and a window on the right side sheds light into the dimly lit space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.8 x 20.5 cm (7 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.4 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7157

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 273, State vi/x

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heneage Finch Earl of Aylesford (Lugt 58); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); 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.

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 36.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 110, 68.

1970

  • Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Charleston Art Gallery, Charleston, WV, 1970, no cat.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2015

  • Asia in Amsterdam, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2015 - 2016, unnumbered catalogue.

2016

  • Asia in Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, 2016.

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. 301, state vi/xii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024644

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