Object number1920.1.13

Jan Six

Date1647

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

CultureDutch

MediumEtching, drypoint, and burin on beige laid paper with watermark foolscap with five-pointed collar (close to Hinterding l-a-c)

DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.77 x 19.69 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (24.84 x 20 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. Henry M. Sanders

On View

Not on view

Period17th c

Classification(s)

SignedSigned and dated (LR): Rembrandt. f..1647

InscribedInscribed (LL): IAN SIX. AE: 29

Catalogue raisonnéHind 228; Bartsch/Hollstein 285 iv/iv; NH(Rembrandt).II.148.238 vBibliographyWeislogel, Andy & Banta, Andaleeb Badiee, Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings (New York/Ohio: H.R Johnson Museum of Art/ Allen Memorial Museum of Art, 2017), p.87-91, repr. p.91, cat.no.11; Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.; White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.; Hinterding, Erik and Jaco Rutgers. The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, , authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 238, state v/v. ProvenanceCollections: Seymour Haden (1921, Lugt 1227); unidentified collector's mark

Vassar Exhibitions

Mastering Light: From the Natural to the Artificial

Off the Market: Gift Economies and Art at the Loeb

Grand Gestures: Celebrating Rembrandt

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.11, repr.

Oberlin, Ohio, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, "Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings," February 5th - May 11th, 2018. Cat. no. 11, repr.

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