Rembrandt van Rijn
The Star of the Kings: A Night Piece

CultureDutch
Titles
  • The Star of the Kings: A Night Piece
Datec. 1652
MediumEtching with drypoint on laid paper, state I/IV
DimensionsSheet: 3 5/8 × 5 3/8 in. (9.2 × 13.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Object number2018.2
Non exposé

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ProvenanceGraphische Sammlung, Munich (Lugt 1614); with their de-accession stamp (Lugt 2397); Vicomte Philogène de Montfort (1806-1883), Paris (Lugt 1035) [this impression mentioned]; Marsden Jasael Perry (b. 1850), Providence, Rhode Island (Lugt 1880); his sale, Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 18-23 May 1908, lot 1212 (Prackvoller Abdruck von sammtartiger Wirkung, 31 Mk.); New York, Christie’s, 25 January, 2017, lot 192; [Harris Schrank Fine Prints, New York] by 2017; to MFAH, October 2017
Exhibition Historynone for this impression
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
none noted
none noted
Catalogue raisonnéG 112; M 293; H 254; MZ 278; Bartsch, Hollstein, 113; New Holl (Rembrandt).II.199.263.i; H 254; BB51-1

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