M12903: Cottage with a White Paling

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M12903

People

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

Title

Cottage with a White Paling

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1648

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/262236

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching and drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 12.9 x 16 cm (5 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower edge, left of center: Rembrandt f / 1648
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: AM [monogram within a circular border; Alfred Morrison (Lugt 151)]
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 12,903
• inscription: verson, various graphite inscriptions: No 224 / B. 232 - III / A Sew[?] / "1632"/1640 ? / Morrison / #44970 / 224
• watermark: WK [countermark to Strasbourg lily E'.a., Hinterding v. 2, p. 97, WK'.a. He dates this, p. 416, to 1652.]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

iii/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 246, Bartsch 232, Hind 203

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arnold Knapp

Accession Year

1953

Object Number

M12903

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Ivan Gaskell, Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist

Exhibition History

• Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 09/09/2006 - 12/10/2006

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