St. Jerome in a Dark Chamber

1642

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.1 x 17.6 cm (5 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.52

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 105, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

English private collection, possibly Charles Scarisbrick (Lugt 522); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 24.

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. 212, ii/iii.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Rembrandt f. 1642; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: [?]2.0.0; by later hands, lower left verso: (two sets of numbers, both undeciphered)

Watermarks

Basilisk

Wikidata ID

Q75119145

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