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Woman at a door hatch talking to a man and children (The Schoolmaster)

Print
1641 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching depicting a woman at a door hatch talking to a man and children, who are in shadows

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWoman at a door hatch talking to a man and children (The Schoolmaster) (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Woman at a door hatch talking to a man and children (The Schoolmaster)'. Amsterdam, 1641.
Physical description
Etching depicting a woman at a door hatch talking to a man and children, who are in shadows
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.4cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 6.3cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f.1641

Note
Signed and dated
Credit line
Bequeathed by Chauncey Hare Townshend
Object history
Townshend Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Associated object
24264 (Copy)
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).
  • 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).
  • Taken from Register of Engravings 1868-1869, 23200 to 33884 Townshend Bequest
Collection
Accession number
23267

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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