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Four Illustrations to Menasseh Ben Israel's 'Piedra Gloriosa' C. David and Goliath

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Four Illustrations to Menasseh Ben Israel's 'Piedra Gloriosa' C. David and Goliath
1655
Etching and engraving with drypoint, printed on Japanese paper.
106 x 74 mm
RvR 49
NHD 288c, I
Provenance: 
John Barnard (d.1784), London; Carl Schlösser (1827-1884), Elberfeld; Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London and Arlesford; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated below all four illustrations lower left, "Rembrandt f 1655".

Notes: 

Watermark: None.
From the undivided plate.
1 Sam. 17:49.
See also RvR 44.
The contour of the hill near the top right broken. (White and Boon)

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
School: 
Dutch
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints