G3260: A Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player and His Family Receiving Alms

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G3260

People

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

Title

A Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player and His Family Receiving Alms

Other Titles

Former Title: Beggar Family at the Door of a House

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1648

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/279700

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in red ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 16.3 × 12.9 cm (6 7/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower edge, right: Rembrandt . f. 164- [1648; the last digit abraded]
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: H. W. [Hermann Weber (Lugt 1383)]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3260
• inscription: verso, graphite: Cl. 173

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

H. Weber.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/v (posthumous)

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 243, Bartsch 176, Hind 233, Rovinski 176

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G3260

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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