id:			148955
accession number:	1977.113
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.113
updated:		2023-12-06 04:04:59.137000

Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House, 1648. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching, with engraving and drypoint; sheet: 16.8 x 13 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.); platemark: 16.6 x 12.8 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1977.113

title:				Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House
title in original language:	
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creation date:			1648
creation date earliest:		1648
creation date latest:		1648
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creditline:			Anonymous Gift
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	etching, with engraving and drypoint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 176 (XVIII.86)

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 16.8 x 13 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.); Platemark: 16.6 x 12.8 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
state of the work:	i/iii
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support materials:

	description:	beige(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower right, in plate: Rembrandt. f. 1648. ; VERSO, upper right, in graphite: 4987[sideways] ; lower half, in graphite: Superb impression of theis masterpiece / Professor Legros says that this is Rembrndt's / best plate. / From the unidentified / collection. Fagen 263 / (white stamp on face of print) ; lower left, in graphite: A79349 ; lower center, in pen and brown ink: t
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

	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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