The Presentation in the Temple: Oblong Print

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Presentation in the Temple: Oblong Print
ca. 1640
Etching and drypoint on paper.
Plate Mark: 215 x 291 mm
RvR 76
NHD 184, I
Provenance: 
Baron Jan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (1776-1845), Hague and Soelen; John Heywood Hawkins (1803-1877), London and Bignor Park; Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London and Dalkeith; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
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Watermark: Basilisk threatening church or house, with Basel crozier, over letters "RP".

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Luke 2:22-40.
Simeon's head is bare. (White and Boon)

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