Etching. Ca. 1630. Size: 105 x 84 mm. Surface: 88 cm2.
Not signed, not dated.
Copper Plate
The plate was not part of any of the major, early collections and is probably not in existence.
Rarity of impressions
In auctions (2000-2025): not seen in auctions
In collections (New Hollstien – 2013): extremely rare Early: 4 ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
Catalogue Nowell-Usticke (1967): O-, an unobtainable rarity
Copies
NH lists two copies. One in the same direction (A) by Ignace Joseph De Claussin, signed JJ Claussin f | 1802 (two states, 176 x 94 mm, WB).
There is also an anonymous copy (B) in reverse (92 x 77 mm).
Attributions and reviews
The etching is considered as special by Rovinsky and De Claussin.
The plate was made by a pupil according to Coppier.
The plate is not by Rembrandt according to Singer, Seidlitz and Sträter
States
All authors list one state only.
Prints and collections
NH lists four impressions, in the Rijksmuseum, the British Museum, the Bibliothèque Nationale and the Albertina.
Literature
H 25, BB 30-9, G 341, M 12, Mz 47, RA 982, Cl 364, W 368, Bl 303, Du 362, CD 27
