Rembrandt etching a plate

National Museum of American History

Object Details

original artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
publisher
Basan
Description
Trimmed inside plate mark. Print attributed to Pierre Francois Basan after a plate once attributed to Rembrandt. Text lightly etched in lower margin: "Rembrandt gravant une planche/oeuvre de Mr Marriette." [Parisian collector/dealer P. J. Mariette] Pencil note "a portrait of himself" inside image above margin may be in Geo. P. Marsh's hand.See NHD 304, copy a; Hind 300 A; Biorklund-Barnard reject 81.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Marsh Collection
1645
ID Number
1978.0534.42
accession number
1978.0534
catalog number
1978.0534.42
Object Name
print
etching
Object Type
Etching
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
sheet: 13 cm x 6.4 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 17/32 in
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National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1343444
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-b4fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Rembrandt etching a plate
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