Your Collection

Add this item to your collection
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8849
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1659
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279723

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed on warm tan Japanese paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 18.1 x 21.5 cm (7 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below the foreground figure group: Rembrandt f. 1659
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp and graphite: [shield shape with a flower at its center; Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufsess (Lugt 2749). Above this is the graphite inscription, with an arrow pointing to the stamped mark:] Lugt 2749 / H. Freiherr von + zu Aufsess
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: Hh [monogram (Lugt 1314), perhaps Hugo Helbing]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: GRAY COLLECTION / HARVARD COLLEGE [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 1101)] 8849
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 1746 [circled] / a43633 / B94. / 8499 / S/UI / E Y X no.["no." underlined] / Second State of 5 / Superb proof printed on the fine Japanese / paper which Rembrandt reserved for his finest plates. / E2380

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
H. Freiherr von und zu Aufsess (Lugt 2749).
H. Helbing (Lugt 1314)?

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/vi
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 312, Bartsch 94, Hind 301 ii/iv

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8849
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

  • Clifford S. Ackley and Ronni Baer, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, exh. cat., MFA Publications (Boston, 2003), cat.no.180, pp.265-67, 329

Exhibition History

  • 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