id:			120956
accession number:	1941.657
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.657
updated:		2025-02-09 00:44:45.073000

The Windmill, 1641. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching and sulfur tint; sheet: 15.5 x 21.3 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.); platemark: 14.6 x 20.9 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1941.657

title:				The Windmill
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creation date:			1641
creation date earliest:		1641
creation date latest:		1641
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creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	etching and sulfur tint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 233 (XVIII.112)

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 15.5 x 21.3 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.); Platemark: 14.6 x 20.9 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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	inscription:	lower right, in plate: Rembrandt f 1641 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 230; lower left, in graphite: B4c ; lower left, in graphite: el/ ; lower left, in graphite: B233 ; lower center, in graphite: C803 ; lower center, in graphite: W230 ; lower center, pen and brown ink: [J. W ?] ; B. lower right, in graphite: 560[underlined]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Dutch Painting, The Golden Age
	opening date:   1955-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>Dutch Painting, The Golden Age</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 27, 1955).

	title:		Rembrandt Prints
	opening date:   1960-10-23T04:00:00
	<i>Rembrandt Prints</i>. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (October 23-November 20, 1960).

	title:		Old Master Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1966-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Old Master Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

	title:		Rembrandt After 300 Years
	opening date:   1970-02-25T05:00:00
	<i>Rembrandt After 300 Years</i>. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (February 25-April 5, 1970).

	title:		Eight Masters of the Print
	opening date:   1980-10-14T04:00:00
	<i>Eight Masters of the Print</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 14, 1980-January 18, 1981).

	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

	John Webster (1810-1891), Aberdeen, stamped (Lugt 1554), lower left, in brown [and inscribed (Lugt 1555), verso, lower center, in pen and brown ink?]. Leonard Colton Hanna (1889-1957), Cleveland, Ohio, stamped (not in Lugt), verso, lower right, in green; gift, 1941
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