The Presentation in the Temple in the Dark Manner

c. 1654

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21 x 16.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.6 x 16.7 cm (8 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1951.12.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 50, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jam Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (Lugt 2490); Moriz de Fries (Lugt 2930); Collection D'Arenberg (Lugt 567); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from William Schab 1951; given to the National Gallery of Art 1951

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

  • 100 Masterpieces of the Print, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1952, no catalogue.

1953

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953-1954, no catalogue.

1955

  • Miniatures and Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955, no catalogue.

1956

  • Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1956-1957.

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no cat.

1958

  • The Fantastic, the Occult, and the Bizarre in Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958, no catalogue.

  • Drawings and Prints by Rembrandt from the Rosenwald and Widener Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958, no catalogue.

  • Christmas Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958-1959, no cat.

1961

  • University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, South Bend, IN, 1961.

  • Rembrandt's Etchings, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1962.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 54, 57, repro.

1973

  • Etchings by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no catalogue.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 285, only.

Wikidata ID

Q65364769

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