Harvard Art Museums > M208: The Great Jewish Bride Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Great Jewish Bride (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) , M208,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/262373. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M208 People Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam) Title The Great Jewish Bride Other Titles Alternate Title: Esther Alternate Title: Girl with Hair Falling on Her Shoulders Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1635 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/262373 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching, engraving, and drypoint on white antique laid paper Technique Etching, engraving and drypoint Dimensions plate: 22.2 × 16.9 cm (8 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 22.7 × 17.2 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: verso, black stamp with black ink numbering above arranged as four cardinal points: British . / Museum . [in a circular format with crown within (Lugt 300)] 42 / 6. / 151 / 8. [reading clockwise from 'north'] cancellation: verso, black stamp with graphite initials within: . British [crown] Museum . / Duplicate [within a circular border (Lugt 305)] G.W.R. [George William Reid, British Museum curator who authorized the sale] inscription: in plate, lower left: [in reverse] R / 1635 collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 208 inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 152 / 337.[underlined] / 83:4 watermark: Single headed eagle [Hinterding p.327, B' a.z. He dates this paper, p. 415, to 1637. Note that he lists the acc. no. as G208.] State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State v/v Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 154, Bartsch 340, Hind 127, Rovinski 340 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs, '00 Accession Year 1911 Object Number M208 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 9, cat. no. 94, repr. Jon D. Levenson, "Esther, a Commentary", Harvard Divinity Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Winter 1996 - Spring 1996), vol. XXV, no. 2/3, p. 8 Clifford S. Ackley and Ronni Baer, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, exh. cat., MFA Publications (Boston, 2003), cat.no.62, pp.127-29, 316 Exhibition History Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967 Rembrandt's Journey: Painting, Draftsman, Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 10/26/2003 - 01/18/2004; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 02/14/2004 - 05/09/2004 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
