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The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, reworked by a Pupil
1606-1669

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

ca. 1631
Etching and engraving on paper.
157 x 124 mm
RvR 146
NHD number
NHD 109, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
Matthew 14:3-11 and Mark 6:16-28.
Etching by Rembrandt only known in later states reworked by a pupil.
This print is closely related in style to B. 54 and B. 50 I and may well have been originally etched by Rembrandt. (White and Boon)
With a white background in the grotto and two steps at left. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram lower left (not by Rembrandt, with the burin), "RHL".
Provenance

Heneage Finch (1786-1859), 5th Earl of Aylesford, London and Packington Hall, Warwickshire; Paul Davidsohn (b. 1839), Grünewald-Berlin; purchased by J.P. Morgan from Kennedy Galleries in 1922; his gift to the Library.

Associated names
Aylesford, Heneage Finch, Earl of, 1786-1859, former owner.
Davidsohn, Paul, 1839-, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School