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Museum number: 1924,0415.19
Title: Object: The philosopher in contemplation
Description: Dutch interior of a vaulted room, with a pilosopher sitting by a window at left, hands in his lap and a table beside him with books, on the right a woman tends to a fire, spiral staircase behind at right with another woman standing halfway up by a door; after Rembrandt; scratched letter proof. 1776 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Samuel De Wilde; After: Rembrandt; Published by: Sayer & Bennett
School/style: British; Dutch
Production date: 1776
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 467 millimetres; Width: 531 millimetres
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Curator's comments: After a painting dated 1632 by Rembrandt in the Musée du Louvre (inv. no. 1740; Bredius 431). It is a pair to 1924,0415.20, after a painting by Koninck also in the Louvre, formerly attributed to Rembrandt (inv. no. 1740).
Bibliographic references: Charrington 1923 / A Catalogue of the Mezzotints after, or said to be after, Rembrandt (116); Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed); Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2005 / A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings (II.C.51) (graphic reproduction undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1924
Acquisition notes: Two states purchased from Mr F H Clarke of Upper Norwood
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1924,0415.19

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