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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3291
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Artist's Mother in a Cloth Headdress, Looking Down: Head Only
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Head of an Old Woman, called "Head of Rembrandt's Mother"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1633
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273844

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 4.4 × 4 cm (1 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, top: Rembrandt. f'. 1633.
  • collector's mark: verso, faded puprple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3291
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 351. / 2d ep. [underlined] / 1784

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 351, Hind 107, New Hollstein 121, Rovinsky 351

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3291
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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