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Wood and paling, two heads and a horse, by Rembrandt

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An image of Wood and paling, two heads and a horse. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on Oriental paper (Japanese paper?), height, plate, 108 mm, width, plate, 137 mm; height, sheet, 108 mm, width, sheet, 137 mm, circa 1650-1652. Production Note: Only state. Notes: One of three recorded impressions, all on thick oriental paper. Two impressions were in the Cambridge University Library collection, one of which was sold with the University Library duplicates at Sotheby's London, 2-3 April 1878, lot 388. Although included in Gersaint's 1751 catalogue of Rembrandt's prints, several scholars have questioned its authorship by Rembrandt, due to the variable quality of the studies in the print. Only the study of trees is comparable to Rembrandt's handling of drypoint landscapes of around 1652. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B364 (Attributed) Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB52-5. Lugt; 2475.

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Wood and paling, two heads and a horse. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on Oriental paper (Japanese paper?), height, plate, 108 mm, width, plate, 137 mm; height, sheet, 108 mm, width, sheet, 137 mm, circa 1650-1652. Production Note: Only state. Notes: One of three recorded impressions, all on thick oriental paper. Two impressions were in the Cambridge University Library collection, one of which was sold with the University Library duplicates at Sotheby's London, 2-3 April 1878, lot 388. Although included in Gersaint's 1751 catalogue of Rembrandt's prints, several scholars have questioned its authorship by Rembrandt, due to the variable quality of the studies in the print. Only the study of trees is comparable to Rembrandt's handling of drypoint landscapes of around 1652. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B364 (Attributed) Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB52-5. Lugt; 2475.

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  • Accession Number: AD.12.38-186
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 808 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 146.85kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2018:02:13 11:35:04

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17th Century drypoint Dutch enclosure fence figure studies Fitz_PDP heads horses paling print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn studies study surface tone trees wooded woodland woods

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