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Rembrandt's Wife

Print
1788 (published), 01/05/1777 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait of an elderly woman wearing a dark cloak with a hood, her hands folded on her lap. Three-quarter-length, seated, facing slightly left.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Rembrandt's Wife (assigned by artist)
  • Houghton Gallery (series title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of an elderly lady, supposedly Rembrandt's wife, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after George Farington and Rembrandt van Rijn, 1788.
Physical description
Portrait of an elderly woman wearing a dark cloak with a hood, her hands folded on her lap. Three-quarter-length, seated, facing slightly left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.4cm
  • Width: 30.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'R. Earlom f.' (Signed)
  • 'Rembrandt's Wife. In the Common Parlour at Houghton. Rembrandt Pinxit. G. Farington delint. Richd. Earlom sculpsit. John Boydell excudit. Published May 1st. 1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.' (Lettered with size of picture and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. E. B. Westwood
Object history
This print is a plate from Houghton Gallery, published by John and Josiah Boydell, London, 1788.
Production
The accession entry states that this print was published as a plate in Houghton Gallery in 1788, but is originally dated on the print May 1st 1777. George Farington was the intermediary draughtsman.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Wessely, Joseph Edward. Richard Earlom. Hamburg: Haendcke & Lehmkuhl, 1886. 1 p.l., viii, 94 p.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection
Accession number
E.337-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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