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.

Three Figures Gathered in Front of a House (Jacob and Laban?)

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Three Figures Gathered in Front of a House (Jacob and Laban?)

1641
Etching and drypoint on paper.
145 x 114 mm
RvR 184
NHD number
NHD 190, II
Notes
Foliage added to the area [on the right of the porch]. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated upper right, "Rembrandt f 1641" (in reverse).
Watermark: Fragment of letters "WR", probably bottom of Strasbourg lily.
Provenance

Carl Benjamin Brüsaber (1815-1876), Hamburg; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

Associated names
Brüsaber, Carl Benjamin, 1815-1876, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School