Etching. Ca. 1629.
Size: 124 x 81 mm. Surface: 100 cm2.
Not signed, not dated.
Copper Plate
The plate was not part of any of the early collections and is probably not in existence.
Rarity of impressions
In auctions (2000-2025): not seen in auctions
In collections (New Hollstein – 2013): extremely rare Early: 1 ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
Catalogue Nowell-Usticke (1967): Of the greatest rarity. Very roughly printed and failed in the biting, rejected by most.
Description
If this etching is by Rembrandt, then it may well have been a failed project. He did a much better job a few years later (B 121). It is also a very rare one, since only one impression is known.
Copies
There is a contemporary copy of which Nowell-Usticke claims to have three impressions (formerly Rudge) in his collection. They are not listed in NH.
Attributions and reviews
This plate is highly contested by the experts. It is not by Rembrandt according to Hind, Middleton, Münz (van Vliet), Seidlitz, Coppier, Michel, Campbell Dodgson, Singer and Biörklund. But is is considered authentic by the New Hollstein.
States
One state only.
Prints and collections
Only one impression is known, in the Bibliothèque Nationale.
Literature
H 311, BB Rej 8, G 118, M 260, Mz 308, RA 360, Cl 124, W 126, Bl 96, Du 123, CD 313
