Four Illustrations to Menasseh Ben Israel's 'Piedra Gloriosa' B. Jacob's Ladder
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Four Illustrations to Menasseh Ben Israel's 'Piedra Gloriosa' B. Jacob's Ladder
1655
Etching, burin and drypoint, on paper.
106 x 69 mm
RvR 48
NHD 288b, III
Provenance:
Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877), London and Trent; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Inscription:
Signed and dated below all four illustrations lower left, "Rembrandt f 1655".
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Watermark: None.
From the divided plate.
Gen. 28:11-12.
See also RvR 44.
The rungs on the lower part of the ladder have been burnished in. (White and Boon)
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