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Jupiter and Antiope: The Larger Plate

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Jupiter and Antiope: The Larger Plate

1659
Etching with drypoint on paper.
138 x 205 mm
RvR 288
NHD number
NHD 311, II
Notes
An impression on white paper in which a film of ink has been left over the entire plate. The impression is unusually rich in drypoint. (Boston 1969, no. 113)
Before reworking and inscription. (White and Boon)
In the inventories of de Jonghe, de Burgy and Röver probably identical with the etching described as 'Venus and Satyr', the title accepted by Gersaint. (White and Boon)
One of two impressions of state I in the Library (see RvR 289).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower center, "Rembrandt f 1659."
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "PB".
Provenance

Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), Norfolk; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.

Associated names
Astley, Edward, Sir, 1729-1802, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography

Stampfle, Felice et al. Rembrandt, experimental etcher. Boston : Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, no. 113.

Classification
Department
Century prints
School