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Portrait of Nicholas Berchem

Niccolò Schiavonetti (Italian, 1771–1813)
After: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1808

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 25.1 x 19.3 cm (9 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wheelwright
Accession NumberM16094
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Le Blanc 10, a state before any inscriptions
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Wheelwright Gift (Lugt 2563); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsRecto, below the image, in pencil, "Rembrandt Pinxit --- Nich.s Schiavonetti Sculpsit / NICHOLAS BERGHEM"
ProvenanceEdward Wheelwright, Boston (1824-1900); by bequest to his wife, Isaphene Moore Luyster Wheelwright (died c. 1908); her gift to the MFA December 1, 1900