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Object Type
Museum number: 1848,1221.161-162
Description: Two designs, one above the other; above: Rembrandt's mother, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and a black headscarf, three-quarter length in profile to left, seated in an armchair at a table, with her hands resting in her lap, dark background; below: Rembrandt's self-portrait with Saskia; busts, both facing front, Rembrandt to left; copies in reverse of two etchings by Rembrandt (Hind 52; 144); proof. Mixed method etching, aquatint and mezzotint (upper design), and etching (lower design), on chine collé
Producer name: Print made by: John Burnet; After: Rembrandt
School/style: British; Dutch
Production date: 1848 (before)
Materials
Technique: etching; soft-ground etching; mixed method; mezzotint; aquatint
Dimensions: Height: 294 millimetres; Width: 233 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For comment see 1848,1221.147. For the original etching by Rembrandt see F,4.22.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (158) (Rembrandt; copy u); Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated (52) (after); White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue (343) (copy 5)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Cornelia Willensdr. van Rijn; Portrait of: Rembrandt; Portrait of: Saskia van Uylenburgh
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1848,1221.161-162

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