The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 5, 2023

Abraham Francen, Apothecary

c. 1657

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)

Netherlands

Etching, drypoint, and engraving

Support: Cream(3) laid paper

Sheet: 15.9 x 21.1 cm (6 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.); Platemark: 15.7 x 20.9 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.245

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 273 (XVIII.126)

State: vii/x

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO, center left, in graphite: B. 273 / Bl. 176 ; center left, in graphite: 6th St. of 8. ; center left, in graphite: 7th state of 9. ; center, in graphite: 302X[circled and upside down] ; lower left, in graphite: a57722 ; across bottom third, in graphite: Su[illegible] passed quality. ; lower right, in graphite: FNX xv[underlined] ; lower left, in graphite: 7H x m ; lower right, in graphite: /97

Provenance
Marsden Jasael Perry, Providence
Unidentified collector
John L. Severance, Cleveland
Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland
Marsden Jasael Perry (born 1850), Providence, R.I., stamp (Lugt 1880), verso, lower left, in purple. Unidentified collector, stamp (not in Lugt), verso, lower left, in black. John L. Severance, Cleveland; Severance and Greta Millikin; gift, 1989
Exhibition history

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.245