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Faust

Print
ca.1652 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching, drypoint and burin depicting portrait of a man in his study, with pen in his right hand, leaning on a table with papers and books on it. He is looking at an apparition in front of the window, which is concealed by a circle with a series of letters on it.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Interiors
Object type
print
TitleFaust (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching, drypoint and burin
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
Etching, drypoint and burin by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Faust', second state. Amsterdam, ca.1652.
Physical description
Etching, drypoint and burin depicting portrait of a man in his study, with pen in his right hand, leaning on a table with papers and books on it. He is looking at an apparition in front of the window, which is concealed by a circle with a series of letters on it.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 16cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Emily Frances Dalton.
Object history
Dalton Bequest, 1900.
Subjects depicted
Study
Globes (Cartographic Spheres)
Male Figure
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.270
  • 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
E.1169-1900

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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