Object number1941.1.101
The Star of the Kings: A Night Piece
Date1651-1654
Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
(Dutch, 1606-1669)
MediumEtching on cream laid paper with a partial watermark
DimensionsImage: 3 11/16 x 5 5/8 in. (9.37 x 14.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg and her children
On View
Not on viewPeriod17th c
Classification(s)
SignedNot signed
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch/Hollstein 112 only state; Gersaint 112; Hind 254; Münz 278; Middleton 293; Biorklund/Barnard 51-1ProvenanceCollections: Felix M. and Frieda Warburg, New YorkVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition History"Master Printmakers: Rembrandt and His Contemporaries," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 9 April 1992 - 19 July 1992.Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Grand Gestures: Celebrating Rembrandt", April 7-June 11, 2006
Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Mastering Light: From the Natural to the Artificial," April 11 - June 29, 2014.
Ithaca, New York, H.F Johnson Museum, Cornell University, "Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings," September 23rd - December 23rd, 2017. Cat.no.32, repr.
Oberlin, Ohio, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, "Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings," February 5th - May 11th, 2018. Cat. no.32, repr.
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