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Man in an arbour

Print
1642 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching depicting a bearded man beside at a windowsill, turned to the left with his left hand on the table and right hand pointing to the left. He is wearing a cap and cloak.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
print
TitleMan in an arbour (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Man in an arbour'. Amsterdam, 1642.
Physical description
Etching depicting a bearded man beside at a windowsill, turned to the left with his left hand on the table and right hand pointing to the left. He is wearing a cap and cloak.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 7.1cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Cut to width: 5.5cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f 1642 (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides.
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Male Figure
Cap
Clothing, Cloak
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797). B.257
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated, (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.705

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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