Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Shell
1650
Etching, engraving and drypoint on paper.
97 x 132 mm
RvR 235
NHD number
NHD 247, II
Notes
Background and foreground shaded in with etching and burin. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt f.1650".
Watermark: Fragment, top of foolscap.
Watermark: Fragment, top of foolscap.
Provenance
Josef Grünling (?) (d. 1845), Vienna; Anthony Poggi (end of 18th century and first quarter of 19th century, d. ca.1836), London and Paris; Johann Carl Diedrich Hebich (1818-1891), Hamburg; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Associated names
Grünling, Josef, -1845 former owner.
Hebich, Johann Carl Diedrich, 1818-1891, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Poggi, Anthony, 18th/19th cent. former owner.
Hebich, Johann Carl Diedrich, 1818-1891, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Poggi, Anthony, 18th/19th cent. former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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