Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Rat Catcher
1632
Etching on paper.
140 x 125 mm
RvR 188
NHD number
NHD 111, III
Notes
The foliage shaded with parallel diagonal lines with the burin. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated lower right, "RHL 1632" (the '3' and the '2' both reversed).
Watermark: Countermark: Letters, stylized "NH".
Watermark: Countermark: Letters, stylized "NH".
Provenance
Joseph Crawhall (1821-1893), New-Castle-on-Tyne; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Crawhall, Joseph, 1821-1896, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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