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Rembrandt van Rijn

The Ship of Fortune,

Maker

  • Rembrandt van Rijn

Title

The Ship of Fortune

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Etching on paper

Techniques

  • Etching on paper

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

53.008

The Ship of Fortune

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)

New Hollstein no. 123.ii
ii/ii

Exhibition History

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966
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