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Sleeping Puppy
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
about 1640
Medium/Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Platemark: 3.8 x 8.1 cm (1 1/2 x 3 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 4 x 8.3 cm ( 1 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 4 x 8.3 cm ( 1 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number1981.397
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 158, ii ; Hind 174, iii
InscriptionsLower left corner, in brown ink: "WE" of William Esdaile (L.2617), verso in brown pen: "WE D 153 N 86" and blue stamp of D. G. de Arozarena (L. 109)
Later inscriptions or marks: Recto LL in pen and brown ink: WE [mark of William Esdaile, Lugt 2617]
Verso, upper center, in graphite pencil: 28 [in a circle]
Verso, lower left, in graphite pencil: 1220-- ER
Verso, lower left, in graphite pencil: 13--
Verso, lower center, in graphite pencil: 59
Verso, lower center, in graphite pencil: B.158
Verso, lower right, in graphite pencil: 5
Verso, lower right, in graphite pencil: p2
Verso, right, in graphite pencil: 158 [sideways]
Verso, right, in graphite pencil: 2e impression [sideways]
Verso, right, in graphite pencil: very scarce [sideways]
Verso, lower left, stamped in blue-green ink, the mark of Arozarena (Lugt 109)
Verso, bottom in brown ink: WE D 153 N 80, mark of William Esdaile (Lugt 2617), with Daulby number]
Later inscriptions or marks: Recto LL in pen and brown ink: WE [mark of William Esdaile, Lugt 2617]
Verso, upper center, in graphite pencil: 28 [in a circle]
Verso, lower left, in graphite pencil: 1220-- ER
Verso, lower left, in graphite pencil: 13--
Verso, lower center, in graphite pencil: 59
Verso, lower center, in graphite pencil: B.158
Verso, lower right, in graphite pencil: 5
Verso, lower right, in graphite pencil: p2
Verso, right, in graphite pencil: 158 [sideways]
Verso, right, in graphite pencil: 2e impression [sideways]
Verso, right, in graphite pencil: very scarce [sideways]
Verso, lower left, stamped in blue-green ink, the mark of Arozarena (Lugt 109)
Verso, bottom in brown ink: WE D 153 N 80, mark of William Esdaile (Lugt 2617), with Daulby number]
ProvenanceWilliam Esdaile (b. 1758 - d. 1837; Lugt 2617), London; June 11-16, 1840, posthumous Esdaile sale, Christie and Manson, London, included in lot 725, sold to Tiffin, probably Walter Benjamin Tiffin (dealer; b. 1795 - d. 1877; cf. Lugt 2609), London. Domingo Guillermo Arozarena (active late 1850s - early 1860s; Lugt 109), South America and Paris; May 27-28, 1861, probably included in the Arozarena sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris. May 21, 1908, Marsden J. Perry and Fritz Rumpf collection sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, lot 1247. June 17, 1981, anonymous ("Property of a Gentleman") sale, Christie's, London, lot 96. 1981, sold by C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf and New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 18, 1981)