Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Man crying out, three-quarters, left, bust
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Platemark: 4 x 3.5 cm (1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 4.5 x 3.8 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Etching
Classification: Prints
Accession number: 2011.2205
Provenance/Ownership History: Deaccessioned as a duplicate by the Grafische Sammlung, Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5d). Carl Hirschler (b. 1871 – d. 1941) and Rose Dreyfus Hirschler, Haarlem, The Netherlands (Lugt 633a). Sold by Susan Lewis Kaye, New York, to Robert Wheaton (d. 2010) and Barbara Wheaton, Concord, MA; 2011, gift of Barbara Wheaton to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)
Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton