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Four people are situated on the front stone steps of a home; the wooden door is wide open.

An older man (Jacob) seated on the steps on left looks distraught with both arms upraised as he arches back, he looks up with a troubled face and open mouth. His two young adult sons are handing him the coat of their brother Joseph. One son kneels before him, the other stands in the middle leaning in towards Jacob’s face, his left hand pointing to the right. An elder woman stands in the doorway on left looking at the sons, head lowered and hands in a pleading gesture, a worried look on her face. The background is sketched undefined trees.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3226
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Joseph's Coat Brought to Jacob
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1633
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279616

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 10.7 × 8.1 cm (4 3/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
sheet: 11.1 × 8.6 cm (4 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Rembrant / van. Ryn. fe.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3226
  • inscription: verso, graphite: E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf, late 19th c. Gray Collection inventory]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii (posthumous)
Edition
18th c.
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 122, Bartsch 38, Hind 104

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3226
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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