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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3268
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Windmill
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1641
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279707

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint with etched toning on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
cut to plate: 14.4 x 20.7 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner: Rembrandt f 1641
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: PAAR (with a crown above; Karl de Paar (Lugt 2009)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown ink: P. Mariette 1672 [Pierre Mariette II (Lugt 1789)]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B 233 / 3268 [note: this is the customary numbering in the usual hand found on the verso of Gray Collection prints togther with the Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836), which is not present in this case] / N. 825 / B No 233 / erased illeg. two line inscription
  • inscription: verso, red chalk: 8
  • watermark: LB countermark [Hinterding v. 2, p. 83, LB.a.b. The associated watermark is Foolscap with five-pointed collar. Hinterding dates this, p. 389, to c. 1650.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Pierre Mariette, 1672. 1672 is inscribed by Mariette; not known whether this is actual acquisition date
Fürst Karl Paar.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 200, Bartsch 233, Hind 179, Rovinski 233

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3268
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/09/2016 - 03/09/2017

Verification Level

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