Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)

1641

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a drawing of three figures near an ornate structure. The figures are conversing, with one observing. A small dog is nearby. The ground is textured. The drawing uses detailed line work and shading for depth and detail in clothing and architecture. Trees or shrubs are suggested in the background with swirling lines and hatch marks.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with India ink wash

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7190

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ambroise Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119); Peny; 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.

1973

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

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. 190, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024720

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