Image
Description
Maker
- After Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-1669, Dutch, associated artist/maker
Title
The Omval
Year
1645
Medium
Etching and drypoint on paper
Materials/Techniques
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Supports
Dimensions
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18.6 x 22.7 cm (7 5/16 x 8 7/8 inches) (plate)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered LR: "Rembrandt 1645"
Inscribed in pen and ink, LL: "RH" [probably an attempt to forge the collector's mark of Richard Houlditch junior (Lugt 2214)]
Verso: stamped with the collector's marks of Peter Lely (London, 1618-1680; Lugt 2093) [possibly forged]; of Arthur Friederich Theodor Bohnenberger (Stuttgart, 1826-1893; Lugt 680 [partially erased]; and of J. Barnes Burt (Bath, d. 1953; Lugt 382b)
Inscribed in pen and ink with the collector's mark of Nathaniel Smith (London, second half of the 18th century; Lugt 2298) [probably forged]
Watermark: Strasbourg Lily (Hinterding E'.a.a.)
Identification
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State
ii/iii Type
Credit
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Gift of the Fazzano Brothers
Object Number
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84.198.597
Projects & Publications
Publications
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