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Rembrandt's Mother Seated at a Table
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
about 1631
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 14.8 x 13.1 cm (5 13/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.7 x 17.2 cm (7 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 19.7 x 17.2 cm (7 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis in memory of her husband Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number27.1395
OUT ON LOAN
On display at High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, April 19, 2024 – July 14, 2024
On display at High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, April 19, 2024 – July 14, 2024
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 343, ii; Hind 52, ii
Marks
Aylesford stamp - black ink
Buccleuch stamp - black ink
Buccleuch stamp - black ink
ProvenanceHeneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (b. 1786 - d. 1859; Lugt 58), London and Warwickshire; sold by Finch to Samuel Woodburn (b. 1786 - d. 1853; cf. Lugt 2584), London; sold by Woodburn to John Heywood Hawkins (d. between 1870 and 1880; cf. Lugt 1471), London and Bignor Park, Sussex; sold by Hawkins, through P. and D. Colnaghi, Ltd., London, to Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry (b. 1806 - d. 1884; Lugt 402), London and Dalkeith, Scotland. Horatio Greenough Curtis (b. 1844 - d. 1922), Boston; by descent to his widow, Anna Neilson Curtis (b. 1847 - d. 1940), Boston; bequest of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: July 21, 1927)
NOTE: Museum records indicate that the bequest was promised in 1927, although the print was not received until 1940.
NOTE: Museum records indicate that the bequest was promised in 1927, although the print was not received until 1940.