id:			154642
accession number:	1989.245
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.245
updated:		2024-06-19 12:50:38.069000

Abraham Francen, Apothecary, c. 1657. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching, drypoint, and engraving; sheet: 15.9 x 21.1 cm (6 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.); platemark: 15.7 x 20.9 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.245

title:				Abraham Francen, Apothecary
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creation date:			c. 1657
creation date earliest:		1652
creation date latest:		1662
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	etching, drypoint, and engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 273 (XVIII.126)

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 15.9 x 21.1 cm (6 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.); Platemark: 15.7 x 20.9 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
state of the work:	vii/x
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO, center left, in graphite: B. 273 / Bl. 176 ; center left, in graphite: 6th St. of 8. ; center left, in graphite: 7th state of 9. ; center, in graphite: 302X[circled and upside down] ; lower left, in graphite: a57722 ; across bottom third, in graphite: Su[illegible] passed quality. ; lower right, in graphite: FNX xv[underlined] ; lower left, in graphite: 7H x m ; lower right, in graphite: /97
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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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Marsden Jasael Perry, Providence
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	Unidentified collector
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	John L. Severance, Cleveland
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	Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland
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	Marsden Jasael Perry (born 1850), Providence, R.I., stamp (Lugt 1880), verso, lower left, in purple.  Unidentified collector, stamp (not in Lugt), verso, lower left, in black. John L. Severance, Cleveland; Severance and Greta Millikin; gift, 1989
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