Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Student at a Table by Candlelight

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Student at a Table by Candlelight

ca. 1642
Etching on paper.
147 x 133 mm
RvR 227
NHD number
NHD 213, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
O.H. Barnard, in "Craddock and Barnard cat.", no.33 (1935), noted that the first six states described by Rovinski and in other catalogues are only a copy, in two states, used by Schabaelje (repro. "Emblemata Sacra" 1654). (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed lower right, barely visible, "Rembrandt".
Provenance

Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774), Paris; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

Associated names
Mariette, Pierre Jean, 1694-1774, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School