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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13468
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Landscape with a Farm Building and the "House with the Tower"
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Landscape with Trees, Farm Buildings, and a Tower
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1651
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262251

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint with plate tone on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 12 x 32 cm (4 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
sheet: 12.1 x 32.2 cm (4 3/4 x 12 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Strasbourg Lily (fragment) and Initials; countermark WK' [Hinterding v. 2, p. 214, E'a.b. See p. 303 for this countermark for two other impressions of this state of this print. Hinterding dates this paper, p. 416, c. 1652.]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp : [geometric design within a circle; Louis Godefroy (Lugt 2971a)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,468
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 01263 / 36012,- [illeg.] / K10837 / 5 [over the Godefroy stamp]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 256, Bartsch 223, Hind 244

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund, George R. Nutter Fund, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
M13468
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Joseph Koerner and Michael Zell, Lifeworld: Portrait and Landscape in Netherlandish Prints, 1550-1650, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999), p. 13, checklist (unnumbered), fig. 8
  • Robert Fucci, Rembrandt's Changing Impressions, exh. cat., Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König (Germany, 2015), p. 79, cat. no. 8.2, repr. p. 81

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt: A Selection of his Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 10/18/1984 - 12/11/1984
  • Lifeworld: Portrait and Landscape in Netherlandish Prints, 1550-1650, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/30/1999 - 01/23/2000
  • Rembrandt's Changing Impressions, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 09/09/2015 - 12/12/2015

Verification Level

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