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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4924
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Reclining Female Nude
Other Titles
Alternate Title: 'Negress Lying Down'
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1658
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279705

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 8.1 x 15.9 cm (3 3/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Rembrandt
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Rembrandt / f. 1658
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: WK [monogram within an oval border; Wilhelm Koller (Lugt 2632)]
  • watermark: [illeg. device and a large C on either side of a chain line; Hinterding v. 2, p. 243, lists this under "unrecognizable fragments" ZZ. zz.]
  • inscription: verso, graphite inscription: B. 205
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with added graphite numbering: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 4924

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
W. Koller (Lugt 2632).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/vi (posthumous)
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 308, Bartsch 205, Hind 299, Rovinski 205

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4924
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Africans in Black and White: Images of Blacks in 16th- and 17th-Century Prints, W. E .B. Du Bois Institute, Rudenstine Gallery, Cambridge, 09/02/2010 - 12/03/2010

Verification Level

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