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The Omval: 23.K.5-288

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Omval

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Joseph Gulston, sold 8/3/1786, part of lot 82 with 23.K.5-287 'landscape ... a young woman sitting by a youth, with and without the burr' and 'a St Jerome', bought by Nathaniel Smith £1-6-; Nathaniel Smith (Lugt 2296), sold 1803.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Production date: AD 1645

Note

II/II.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper ( chainlines horizontal (approx 24mm))
Plate Height 183 mm Width 225 mm
Sheet Height 183 mm Width 225 mm

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Pen and ink
Sulphur tint
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Rembrandt
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1645
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date

Inscription present: Written by Nathaniel Smith; Lugt 2296

  • Text: VIAV / Gulston's sale / 1786 / with the burr
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 288
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: Written by Nathaniel Smith; Lugt 2296

  • Text: A View of Omval near Amsterdam / with the burr / extremely rare
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink

Inscription present: Lugt 932

  • Text: FITZWILLIAM COLLECTION
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Stamp
  • Text: 23.K.5-288
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Stamp

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.K.5-288
Primary reference Number: 81612
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): B209 II/II
Biörklund/Barnard: BB45-B Only state
Lugt: 932
Lugt: 2296
Old location number: 38.10.18b
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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