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Rembrandt van Rijn

The Ship of Fortune

Maker

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Title

The Ship of Fortune

Year

1633

Medium

  • Etching on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Etching on paper

Materials

etching

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper mounted on medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

11.3 x 16.7 cm (4 7/16 x 6 9/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image, on the boat: "...dt f. 1633" [partly burnished out]

Verso: inscribed in pen and ink: "P. Mariette 1670", the mark of Pierre Mariette II (Paris 1634-1716; Lugt 1788)

No watermark visible

Marks: RISD Museum stamp in brown ink (twice) on verso

Pierre Mariette collector mark in brown ink on verso (Lugt 1790)

Identification

State

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein no. 123.ii

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

53.008

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference
Dec 15, 1965 – Jan 09, 1966

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
The Ship of Fortune, 1633
Etching on paper
11.3 x 16.7 cm (4 7/16 x 6 9/16 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 53.008

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