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The Star of the Kings: A Night Piece
The Star of the Kings: A Night Piece
Object number1941.1.101

The Star of the Kings: A Night Piece

Date1651-1654
Artist (Dutch, 1606-1669)
CultureDutch
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 view
Period17th c
Classification(s)
SignedNot signed
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch/Hollstein 112 only state; Gersaint 112; Hind 254; Münz 278; Middleton 293; Biorklund/Barnard 51-1BibliographyLimouze, Dorothy and Susan Kuretsky. The Felix M. Warburg Print Collection: A Legacy of Discernment. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 1995. Weislogel, 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.132-134, repr. p.133, cat.no.32 Bartsch/Hollstein 113 only state; Gersaint 112; Middleton 293; Hind 254; Münz 278; Biörklund/Barnard 51-1; Limouze 59 Nogrady, Elizabeth, Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Mia M. Mochizuki, ed., Inspired: Essays in Honor of Susan Donahue Kuretsky (Poughkeepsie: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 2018), p.68, repr. ProvenanceCollections: Felix M. and Frieda Warburg, New York
Vassar 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.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
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