Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Virgin and Child with the Cat and the Snake
1654
Etching on paper.
sheet: 97 x 145 mm; plate mark: 95 x 144 mm
RvR 96
NHD number
NHD 278, I
Notes
Two white spaces appear on the right of the upper margin. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower center, "Rembrandt ʺ f ʺ 1654.".
Watermark: Foolscap with seven points over "4" and three balls.
Watermark: Foolscap with seven points over "4" and three balls.
Provenance
Friedrich Kalle (1804-1875), Cologne and Bonn; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Associated names
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Kalle, Friedrich, 1804-1875, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Kalle, Friedrich, 1804-1875, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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