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Inscription

verso, lower left, in black ink, possibly handwritten mark of previous owner: Silvestre / Mls [?]

Provenance

possibly Christian Josi [1768-1828], Amsterdam and London (Lugt 574); August Artaria [1807-1893], Vienna (Lugt 33); Dr. Julius Elischer von Thurzobanya [1846-1909], Budapest (Lugt 824); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 979); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Exhibition History

1930
Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930
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.
1966
Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 110.
1973
Etchings by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no catalogue.
2001
The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001.
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. 305, state iii/vii.

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