Etching. Ca. 1631.
Size: 54 x 38 mm. Surface: 21 cm2.
Not signed, not dated: Rt 1631
Copper Plate
The plate was not part of any of the major collections and is probably not in existence.
Rarity of impressions
In auctions (2000-2023): not seen in auctions
In collections (New Hollstein – 2013): extremely rare Early: 10 ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
Catalogue Nowell-Usticke (1967): O-, Practically unobtainable, rejected by some
Description
According to NH the present image is etched over an earlier, lighter version that is probably not by Rembrandt.
Attributions and reviews
The plate was made by a pupil according to Münz (possibly van Vliet, then completed by Rembrandt), Hind, Seidlitz and Campbell Dodgson.
White-Boon consider the plate to be reworked by a pupil, probably Johannes Van Vliet.
The plate is not by Rembrandt according to Middleton, Coppier and Singer.
States
All authors list one state only.
Literature
H 71, BB Rej 60, G 301, M 70, Mz 296, RA 860, Cl 316, W 321, Bl 295, Du 316, CD 298 Baas 2015, p. 146-147;
