The copperplate was not in any of the major collections and is probably not in existence.

The type of house is identified as a langhuisstolp (cheese cover farmhouse), which is typical for the area around Amsterdam, especially north of the town. In this case the house is extended by a cellar and an opkamer (upstairs room), probably used for the production of butter.

For long this etching was called Een BoereBuitehuis met een zittend Mannetje by eenig Vee op de Voorgrond (A farmhouse with a man sitting near some cattle in the foreground). Only later it was recognized that the man is in fact drawing or painting. Could it be Rembrandt himself?

Muller (1946) considers a drawing in the Teylers Museum (Benesch 473) to be related to this etching, but later authors pointed at the difference in the farmhouses. The same accounts for a drawing formerly in the ten Cate collection (Benesch 816).

NH lists two copies in the same direction. Copy A is by Richard Byron (his nr 4, 127 x 200 mm, WB 1). Copy C is an anonymous one (128 x 204 mm).
There are two copies in reverse. Copy B is by Costantino Cumano (140 x 217 mm, WB 2). Copy D is by Louis Gervais Marvy inscribed Louis Marvy d’apres Rembrandt (168 x 238 mm).

All authors list one state only.

Probably only two editions were printed, in 1641 and 1650/51, possibly in fairly large numbers (Hinterding).
There is a counterproof in the British Museum.

Strasbourg lily (c. 1641); Strasbourg bend (1646); Foolscap with five-pointed collar with cm LB (c. 1650); Arms of Amsterdam; Arms of Ravensburg; Countermark LL for a total of six editions.

H 213, BB 45-2, G 211, M 315, Mz 149, RA 595, Cl 216, W 216, Bl 320, Du 216, CD 175, S 96.
Hinterding 2008, p. 403-405;

NH/WB: Only state
A very good, contemporary impression with thread margins. A flattened horizontal central fold, another vertical fold at the right side, both with occasional, small and unobtrusive repairs, mainly visible verso.
Sheet: 134 x 210 m, margins of approx. 2 – 3 mm at the top and bottom, cut at the platemark left and right (+ 4%).
Watermark: Countermark LB (Hinterding a-b).

In the collection of Jiles (Jelle) Boon (1916-2009, Rhoon, Lugt 3355).

Rembrandt in Zwart-Wit, Het Markiezenhof (Bergen op Zoom), Museum Gouda, Jan ten Horne Museum (Weert), Stadsmuseum Harderwijk, March 2013-August 2015; Stedelijk Museum Vianen, October 2017 – January 2018;
Rembrandt in Black & White, Schloß Britz (Berlin), Chateau des Penthes (Geneva), November 2015 – October 2016;
Rembrandt: Paysages, Fonds Glenat (Couvent Ste.Cecile – Grenoble), February – June 2023;
Rembrandt, 17th century photographer, Daegu Art Museum (Korea), November 2023 – March 2024;
Rembrandt, de fotograaf, Westfries Museum (Hoorn), June 2024 – January 2025;