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Jacob Caressing Benjamin
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
about 1645
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 11.8 x 9 cm (4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.2 x 9.5 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 12.2 x 9.5 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo in honor of Clifford S. Ackley
Accession Number2003.113
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 033 i; Hind 148 i/ii
Marks
Verso lower left, stamped in black ink -- mark of Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, Lugt 402
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: No 132
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: 23 [encircled]
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: 6224 [? somewhat illegible]
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: No 132
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: 23 [encircled]
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: 6224 [? somewhat illegible]
InscriptionsSigned in plate Rembrandt. f
ProvenanceWalter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884, London and Dalkeith, Scotland, Lugt 402); his sale, London, Chrisite's, 9-22 April 1887, lot 1885; Joseph R. Ritman (The Netherlands); Sotheby's and Artemis (New York and London, Ritman Catalogue no. 8); from whom purchased by Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA, 1999; by whom given to MFA, 26 March 2003.