Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Cottages and a Hay Barn on the Diemerdijk with a Flock of Sheep
1650
Etching and drypoint on paper.
82 x 175 mm
RvR 318
NHD number
NHD 254, II
Notes
Watermark: None.
A distant horizon has been added in the left-hand background. More shading has been added to the distant landscape on the right, the field in the center, the haystack, the trees and the buildings on the left. The silhouette of the left-hand clump of trees has been broken by the addition of a branch. (White and Boon)
Closely trimmed; the platemark at the left arch has been lost.
A distant horizon has been added in the left-hand background. More shading has been added to the distant landscape on the right, the field in the center, the haystack, the trees and the buildings on the left. The silhouette of the left-hand clump of trees has been broken by the addition of a branch. (White and Boon)
Closely trimmed; the platemark at the left arch has been lost.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt f 1652" ( 'd' in reverse).
Provenance
Moritz Michael Daffinger (1790-1849), Vienna; August Artaria (1807-1893), Vienna; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Associated names
Artaria, August, 1807-1893, former owner.
Daffinger, Moritz Michael, 1790-1849, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Daffinger, Moritz Michael, 1790-1849, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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