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Sleeping Puppy


The Little Dog Sleeping
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
about 1640

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint
Dimensions Platemark: 3.9 x 8.2 cm (1 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 4.1 x 8.3 cm (1 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP552
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 158; Hind 174 iii
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE:

[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.