id:			108788
accession number:	1926.469
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.469
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:07.408000

Abraham Francen, Apothecary, c. 1657. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching, drypoint, and engraving; sheet: 16.6 x 20.8 cm (6 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.); platemark: 15.9 x 20.4 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Ralph King 1926.469

title:				Abraham Francen, Apothecary
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creation date:			c. 1657
creation date earliest:		1652
creation date latest:		1662
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creditline:			Bequest of Ralph King
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	etching, drypoint, and engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 273 (XVIII.126)

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CREATORS

* Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 16.6 x 20.8 cm (6 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.); Platemark: 15.9 x 20.4 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
state of the work:	vii/x
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support materials:

	description:	beige(2) japanese paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower right, in graphite: 1/4 ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: 283 ; upper left, in graphite: 2 · 9 / +  [illegible character]  1 · 10 ; upper center,  in graphite: J. Boy: --1796 ; upper right, in graphite: 4590[sideways]; lower left, in graphite: [D?] ; lower left, in graphite: 1526/3[upside down] ; lower left, in graphite: A78486 ; lower center, in graphite: IS / C[backwards]< ; lower right, in graphite: 3[sideways] ; lower right, in graphite: NOX. ; lower right, in pen and brown ink: [illegible]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Prints by Rembrandt from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1937-11-28T05:00:00
	<i>Prints by Rembrandt from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 28, 1937-March 8, 1938).

	title:		Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle
	opening date:   1984-01-24T05:00:00
	<i>Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-May 25, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), Norfolk, stamp (Lugt 2775), upper right, in black. Alfred Hubert (died 1908), Paris, stamp (Lugt 130), verso, lower left, in black. purchased from (Keppel and Co., New York); Ralph King, Cleveland, Ohio; gift, 1926
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