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The Circumcision in the Stable

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

The Circumcision in the Stable

1654
Etching on paper.
Plate Mark: 95 x 146 mm
RvR 71
NHD number
NHD 280, III
Notes
Closely trimmed.
Luke 2:21.
See also RvR 72.
White spaces appear immediately below the signature in top left hand corner, and along the top border immediately above the child. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated upper left, "Rembrandt f 1654" ('d' reversed) and ceter left: "Rembrandt f 1654".
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "R J d" ?
Provenance

P. Gervaise (d.1860), Paris ; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

Associated names
Gervaise, P., d.1860, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School