G3247: Saint Jerome in a Dark Chamber

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G3247

People

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

Title

Saint Jerome in a Dark Chamber

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1642

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/279627

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and engraving on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 14.8 x 17.5 cm (5 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Rembrandt
• inscription: in plate, lower edge, center: Rembrandt f 1642
• collector's mark: verso, brown ink: Sig.md Bermann, M[archand] d'Est[am]pes, Vienne, 1831 (Lugt 235)
• collector's mark: verso, black ink: F. Gawet 1818. (Lugt 1069)
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3247
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: [pound sign]13- / 105- / HdKum [underlined] / B 105 / B 105 ... / 930
• inscription: verso, graphite: E.H.G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf; late19th-c. Gray Collection inventory]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

J. Sigmund Bermann (Lugt 235),
F. Gawet (Lugt 1069),
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

New Hollstein 212, Bartsch 105, Hind 201 ii/ii, R. 105

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G3247

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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