drawing

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Object Type: drawing
Museum number: 1848,0911.133
Description: St Paul in Meditation; a bearded old man, half-length in frontal view, seated at a table in front of piles of books, his left arm resting on an open book; with imitation plate-mark copy in same direction after an etching by Rembrandt Pen and ink with brown wash
Producer name: After: Rembrandt
School/style: Dutch
Production date: 1700-1799 (circa)
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 236 millimetres; Width: 196 millimetres
Curator's comments: This is from a group of anonymous drawings after Rembrandt etchings formerly in the collection of the Earl of Aylesford.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (11) (Rembrandt; copy undescribed); Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated (4A) (copy undescribed); White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue (149) (copy undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: christian saint/martyr
Associated names: Representation of: St Paul
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W & G Smith
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (L.58); Previous owner/ex-collection: Samuel Woodburn
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1848,0911.133

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