Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The Bathers

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

The Bathers

1651
Etching on paper.
107 x 135 mm
RvR 276
NHD number
NHD 258, III
Notes
Edges trimmed. With a spot in the center near the top caused by corrosion of the acid. Defaced by light scratches, e. g. a letter 'B' on the left hand bank and above the right hand bank. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt. f 1651" (the '5' corrected in drypoint from a '3').
Watermark: Seven Provinces over letters "BM".
Provenance

George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School