id:			136821
accession number:	1961.317
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.317
updated:		2021-03-28 09:07:24.502000

Faust, c. 1652. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching and drypoint; sheet: 21.2 x 16.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/8 in.); platemark: 21 x 16 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.317

title:				Faust
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creation date:			c. 1652
creation date earliest:		1647
creation date latest:		1657
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 17th century
technique:	etching and drypoint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 270 (XVIII.123)

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 21.2 x 16.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/8 in.); Platemark: 21 x 16 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
state of the work:	i/iii
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support materials:

	description:	light gray laid paper (oatmeal)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	center right, in plate (in concentric circles): +++ARMTET+ALGAR+ALGASTNA  [in outer circle] / +ADAM+TE+DAGERAM [in center circle] /  INRI [in center] ;  VERSO, center, in graphite: N 250 ; lower left, in graphite: N°69 ; lower left, in graphite: 15[I 4C?] ; lower left, in graphite: B270
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - 1962
	opening date:   1962-10-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - 1962</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).

	title:		Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
	opening date:   1965-05-06T04:00:00
	<i>Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).

	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-April 1, 1967).

	title:		The Scholar in Art
	opening date:   1968-04-19T04:00:00
	<i>The Scholar in Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 19-28, 1968).

	title:		Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century
	opening date:   1973-07-10T04:00:00
	<i>Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (July 10-September 2, 1973).

	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-April 22, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Edward Rudge (1763-1846), Evesham (from departmental card).
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	Hershel V. Jones, Minneapolis (from departmental card)
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	(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1961-
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