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Collection Online as of October 1, 2023

Abraham Francen, Apothecary

c. 1657

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)

Netherlands, 17th century

Etching, engraving and drypoint

Support: Beige(2) japanese paper

Sheet: 16.5 x 21 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.); Platemark: 15.8 x 20.4 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.)

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1964.97

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 273 (XVIII.126)

State: vi/x

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO, upper left, in pen and brown ink: _____P. Mariette 1670 ; upper right, in graphite: M 72-[I?] ; center, in graphite: 732[sideways] ; lower left, in pen and brown ink: British Museum / [UHC?] ; lower left, in graphite: 153 153 ; lower left, in light gray ink: [hc?] ; lower left, in graphite: a63435 ; lower left, in graphite: A11644 ; lower center, in graphite: 4 ; lower center, in graphite: J / I / U ; lower right, in graphite: EWO

Provenance
Pierre Mariette (1634-1716), Paris, inscription (Lugt 1790), verso, upper left, in pen and brown ink. British Museum, London, stamp (Lugt 300) , verso, lower left, in black and duplicate stamp (Lugt 305) verso, lower left, in brown. purchased from (Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York)
Exhibition history

Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973).

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/1964.97