Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Woman with the Arrow
1661
Etching and drypoint on paper.
205 x 123 mm
RvR 286
NHD number
NHD 313, II
Notes
Watermark: Fragment, letter "W".
Some additional shading on the woman's cheek, around her feet and on the curtain at the upper right. A clean wiped impression in which the work on the plate may be clearly seen. (Boston 1969, no. 117)
Watermark: lower point of shield with WR below.
Some additional shading on the woman's cheek, around her feet and on the curtain at the upper right. A clean wiped impression in which the work on the plate may be clearly seen. (Boston 1969, no. 117)
Watermark: lower point of shield with WR below.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt f. 1661" ( the 'd' in reverse).
Provenance
Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859), London and Packington Hall, Warwickshire; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Aylesford, Heneage Finch, Earl of, 1751-1812, 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. 117.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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