Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape
ca. 1653
Etching and drypoint, printed on Japanese paper.
259 x 210 mm
RvR 165
NHD number
NHD 275, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
The warm tonality of the Japanese paper of this impression suggests a landscape radiant with sunlight. Careful wiping of the hillside in the distance not only reinforces this effect, but also provides a sharper contrast to the exceptionally dark drypoint burr on the lion and the vegetation of the foreground, thus creating a greater illusion of depth. The horizontal lines of abrasion resulting form the polishing of the plate have been retained for their tonal effect. (Boston 1969, no. 51)
The warm tonality of the Japanese paper of this impression suggests a landscape radiant with sunlight. Careful wiping of the hillside in the distance not only reinforces this effect, but also provides a sharper contrast to the exceptionally dark drypoint burr on the lion and the vegetation of the foreground, thus creating a greater illusion of depth. The horizontal lines of abrasion resulting form the polishing of the plate have been retained for their tonal effect. (Boston 1969, no. 51)
Provenance
Henry Brodhurst (ca.1860), Dale Close and Mansfield; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Brodhurst, Henry, active 1849-1872, 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.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice et al. Rembrandt, experimental etcher. Boston : Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, no. 51.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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