The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 28, 2023

Christ at Emmaus: The Larger Plate

1654

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)

Netherlands, 17th century

Etching, engraving and drypoint

Support: Cream(3) laid paper

Sheet: 24 x 18.5 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/16 in.); Platemark: 21 x 16 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1922.280

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 87 (XVIII.48)

State: iii/iii

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

lower left, in plate: Rembrandt f. 1654 ; lower left, in graphite: N° 194. ; lower right, in graphite: 87 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 357[underlined and sideways] ; lower left, in graphite: A99911 ; lower left, in graphite: 87 ; lower left, in graphite: 01260 ; lower center, in graphite: B. 87 ; lower right, in graphite: R.L.

Provenance
Henry Studdy Theobald (born 1847), London, stamped (Lugt 1375), verso, lower left, in purple. purchased from (Keppel and Co., New York)
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Reproduced: p. 43 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 53 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 654 archive.org
Watkins, Catherine Bailey. Rembrandt's 1654 Life of Christ Prints: Experimentation, Tradition, and the Question of Series. 2011. Reproduced: p. 174, fig. 4; p. 227, fig. 108
Exhibition history

Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 23-October 23, 1924).

Prints by Rembrandt from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 28, 1937-March 8, 1938).

Inaugural Exhibition of the New Print Gallery - Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-November 13, 1938).

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Dutch Painting, The Golden Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 27, 1955).

Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-May 25, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1922.280