G4928: Jan Asselyn, Painter ("Krabbetje")

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4928

People

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

Title

Jan Asselyn, Painter ("Krabbetje")

Other Titles

Former Title: Jan Asselyn

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1647

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299823

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching and drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 21.7 × 16.7 cm (8 9/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
sheet: 22.4 × 17.2 cm (8 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: [an elaborate unidentied watermark, not in Hinterding]
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: GF [within a circular border; Gustav Ritter von Franck (Lugt 1152)]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stampt with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 4928
• inscription: verso, graphite: 2175/AZ B. 277

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

iv/vii (posthumous)

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 236, Bartsch 277, Hind 227, Rovinski 277

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G4928

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997
• Michael Cole, ed., The Early Modern Painter-Etcher, Pennsylvania State University Press (University Park, PA, 2006), repr. as fig. 24 on p.30 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

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