Christ Preaching ("La Petite Tombe")

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Christ Preaching ("La Petite Tombe")
ca. 1657
Etching and drypoint on paper.
Plate Mark: 156 x 209 mm
RvR 103
NHD 298, I
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Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
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Watermark: None.
One of two impressions in the Library (see RvR 104).
Only one state.
The title 'la petite tombe', first given by Gersaint, is based on a misunderstanding of the description given in Clement de Jonghe's inventory 'La tombisch plaatjens', which probably refers to a member of the La Tombe family. (White and Boon)

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