id:			124831
accession number:	1946.310
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.310
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:03.269000

The Rat Catcher, 1632. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching; sheet: 14 x 12.4 cm (5 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer 1946.310

title:				The Rat Catcher
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creation date:			1632
creation date earliest:		1632
creation date latest:		1632
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creditline:			In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 121 (XVIII.63)

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 14 x 12.4 cm (5 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.)
state of the work:	iii/iii
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	description:	beige(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower right, in plate: RHL[in monogram]  1632[last two numbers reversed] ; VERSO, upper right, in graphite (above collector's mark): 7903 ; lower center, in graphite: C. T. Wawra / Wien, Nov.-Dec. 1882. ; across bottom, in pen and black ink: Jean Martin frederik Geissler graveur on paysage  / a Paris 1805 ; lower left, in graphite: E.[t?]/BH105. ; lower left, in graphite: B. 121 ; lower left, in graphite: A92585 ; lower center, in graphite: B. 121 ; lower right, in graphite: [illegible] ; lower right, in graphite: EHO ; lower right, in graphite: C L Blc. 95. II
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics
	opening date:   1982-04-27T04:00:00
	<i>Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-August 1, 1982).

	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).

	title:		Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   1991-04-02T05:00:00
	<i>Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Johan Martin Friedrich Geissler (1779-1853), Nuremberg and Paris, inscription (Lugt 1072), verso, across bottom, in pen and black ink. Baron Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna (1836-1909), Prague, stamped (Lugt 2773), verso, upper right, in brown. Ralph King, Cleveland, Ohio. gift, 1946
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