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Landscape with an obelisk

Print
1748 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching depicting the bottom section of an obelisk on the right. There is a farmhouse to the left, with buildings in the distance.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLandscape with an obelisk (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Etching by F. Vivares, 'Landscape with an obelisk', copy in reverse, after a work by Rembrandt. London, 1748
Physical description
Etching depicting the bottom section of an obelisk on the right. There is a farmhouse to the left, with buildings in the distance.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 16.2cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Production typeCopy
Marks and inscriptions
'F. Vivares fecit 1748' (Signed and dated)
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • 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).
Collection
Accession number
E.1252-1900

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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