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The Rat Catcher

1632

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)

Netherlands, 17th century

Etching

Support: Beige(1) laid paper

Sheet: 14 x 12.4 cm (5 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.)

In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer 1946.310

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 121 (XVIII.63)

State: iii/iii

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

lower right, in plate: RHL[in monogram] 1632[last two numbers reversed] ; VERSO, upper right, in graphite (above collector's mark): 7903 ; lower center, in graphite: C. T. Wawra / Wien, Nov.-Dec. 1882. ; across bottom, in pen and black ink: Jean Martin frederik Geissler graveur on paysage / a Paris 1805 ; lower left, in graphite: E.[t?]/BH105. ; lower left, in graphite: B. 121 ; lower left, in graphite: A92585 ; lower center, in graphite: B. 121 ; lower right, in graphite: [illegible] ; lower right, in graphite: EHO ; lower right, in graphite: C L Blc. 95. II

Provenance
Johan Martin Friedrich Geissler (1779-1853), Nuremberg and Paris, inscription (Lugt 1072), verso, across bottom, in pen and black ink. Baron Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna (1836-1909), Prague, stamped (Lugt 2773), verso, upper right, in brown. Ralph King, Cleveland, Ohio. gift, 1946
Exhibition history

Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-August 1, 1982).

Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-April 22, 1984).

Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.310