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Object Type
print
Museum number
Sheepshanks.228
Description
The rat-poison pedlar; the male figure standing at left holding a trap on a stick and a piece of poison; other pieces on the table at centre in front of which four customers have gathered. c.1631-3 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jan van Vliet
After:
Rembrandt
(See Curatorial Comment)
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1631-1633
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
153 millimetres
Width:
134 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The figure of the pedlar based on an etching by Rembrandt of 1628, see 'Rembrandt and van Vliet. A collaboration on Copper', exh. cat. (Amsterdam: Rembrandthuis), Amsterdam 1996, cat.52.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(55.III)
Bartsch-Claussin 1797-1828 / Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes de Rembrandt (plus Supplement)
(II.100.55)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
street-trader
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Sheepshanks
Acquisition date
1836
Acquisition notes
For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Sheepshanks.228
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
S.228