Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Raising of Lazarus: The Larger Plate
ca. 1632
Etching and engraving on paper.
sheet: 367 x 258 mm; plate mark: 366 x 258 mm
RvR 113
NHD number
NHD 113, V
Notes
John 11:1-44.
General reworking of the shadows throughout the plate, particularly noticeable in the shadows cast by the tomb slab and post, and by the addition of diagonal shading in the extreme lower right hand corner. (White and Boon)
General reworking of the shadows throughout the plate, particularly noticeable in the shadows cast by the tomb slab and post, and by the addition of diagonal shading in the extreme lower right hand corner. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in the center, "RHL (in monogram) van Ryn f" (the 'f' added in state III).
Watermark: Basilisk threatening church or house, and Basel crozier.
Watermark: Basilisk threatening church or house, and Basel crozier.
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.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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