id:			154625
accession number:	1989.233
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.233
updated:		2023-08-23 23:04:49.919000

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape, c. 1653. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching, engraving, and drypoint; sheet: 26.2 x 21.4 cm (10 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.); platemark: 25.9 x 21.1 cm (10 3/16 x 8 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.233

title:				St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape
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creation date:			c. 1653
creation date earliest:		1648
creation date latest:		1658
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	Netherlands, 17th century
technique:	etching, engraving, and drypoint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 104 (XVIII.57)

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 26.2 x 21.4 cm (10 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.); Platemark: 25.9 x 21.1 cm (10 3/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
state of the work:	ii/ii
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support materials:

	description:	light gray-brown laid paper (oatmeal)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO, across lower third, in graphite: Rembrandt. Saint-Jerome in the manner of Durer. ; lower left, in graphite: 104[underlined] ; lower left, in graphite: [mfef?] ; lower left, in graphite: B. 104 ; lower left, in graphite: a 57723[line through inscription] ; lower left, in graphite: S. 5. ; lower center, in graphite: VI ; lower right, in graphite (erased): [illegible] ; lower right, in graphite: 1[2T?]09 MK; lower right, in graphite: FWXV· ; lower right, in graphite: 13209
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
	opening date:   1990-07-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

	title:		Rembrandt: A Decade of Brilliance (1648 - 1658)
	opening date:   2015-03-20T00:00:00
	<i>Rembrandt: A Decade of Brilliance (1648 - 1658)</i>. Hoehn Family Galleries University of San Diego, CA (March 20-May 22, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* University of San Diego Hoehn Family Galleries (3/20/2015 - 5/22/2015):  "Rembrandt: A Decade of Brilliance (1648 - 1658)"

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PROVENANCE

	Martin Folkes, London
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	John W. Wilson, Haarlem, Brussels, Paris
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	Marsden Jasael Perry, Providence
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	John L. Severance, Cleveland
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	Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland
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	Martin Folkes (1690-1754), London, stamp (Lugt 1034), lower center, in black. John Waterloo Wilson (1815-1883), Haarlem, Brussels, and Paris, stamp (Lugt 2581), lower center (stamped twice), embossed. Marsden Jasael Perry (born 1850), Providence, R.I., stamp (Lugt 1880), verso, lower left, in purple. purchased from  (Knoedler & Co., New York). John L. Severance, Cleveland, Ohio. Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, Ohio; gift, 1989
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