PrintsDutch17th century

Three Oriental Figures

1641

Artists

Rembrandt Harmensz. van RijnArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and drypoint

Medium

Etching with plate tone (modern impression) on off-white modern laid paper, a blank page removed from a book

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 14.4 x 11.1 cm (5 11/16 x 4 3/8 in.) sheet: 25 × 17 cm (9 13/16 × 6 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

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