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Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well: an arched print

Print
1658 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching and drypoint depicting a man and woman standing beside a well on the left, and the man is asking the woman for a drink of water. The woman has a dark shadow over her face. In the distance on the right is a group of people looking at the scene. The background has range of buildings on top of the hill.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleChrist and the Samaritan woman at the well: an arched print (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint
Brief description
Etching and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well: an arched print', third state. Amsterdam, 1658.
Physical description
Etching and drypoint depicting a man and woman standing beside a well on the left, and the man is asking the woman for a drink of water. The woman has a dark shadow over her face. In the distance on the right is a group of people looking at the scene. The background has range of buildings on top of the hill.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 16cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrand f.1658 (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Subjects depicted
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.70.
  • 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
Accession number
CAI.641

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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