id:			148804
accession number:	1976.54
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.54
updated:		2023-08-23 22:33:37.969000

The Strolling Musicians, c. 1635. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching and drypoint; sheet: 14.5 x 11.8 cm (5 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.); platemark: 14.1 x 11.5 cm (5 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.54

title:				The Strolling Musicians
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1635
creation date earliest:		1630
creation date latest:		1640
current location:		
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 119 (XVIII.63)

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 14.5 x 11.8 cm (5 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.); Platemark: 14.1 x 11.5 cm (5 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
state of the work:	i/ii
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower center, in pen and brown ink: 145 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 119 ; lower left, in pen and brown ink: HCX ; lower left, in graphite: [illegible]23 ; lower left, in graphite: B. 119 ; lower center, in graphite: N° 115 ; lower center, in graphite: 1rst state 
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

	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:		Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
	opening date:   2015-01-25T00:00:00
	<i>Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Julian Marshall (1836-1903), London, stamped (Lugt 1494), verso, lower left, in black. James Reiss  (1812-1899), Manchester and London, stamped (Lugt 1522), verso, lower right, in purple. Charles C. Cunningham, Jr., Hartford, Conneticut, stamped (not in Lugt). purchased from (R. M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara, California)
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wall description:
Although 17th-century Holland produced neither noteworthy composers nor renowned performers, rarely has another culture produced so many visual images of music as the Dutch. In this depiction of a pair of itinerant musicians wearily shuffling from door to door, Rembrandt reveals his compassionate understanding of human frailties. The hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes, as depicted here, were frequently associated with itinerant beggars and blind street singers in paintings and prints of the period.
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