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Object Type
print
Museum number
F,6.169
Title
Object:
Le philosophe en contemplation
Description
Dutch interior of a vaulted room, with a pilosopher sitting by a window at right, hands in his lap and a table beside him with books, on the left a woman tends to a fire, spiral staircase behind at left with another woman standing halfway up by a door; after Rembrandt; coat of arms of Comte de Vence in lower margin. 1754 Etching
Producer name
After:
Rembrandt
Print made by:
Louis Surugue
Published by:
Louis Surugue
School/style
Dutch
French
Production date
1754
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
244 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
264 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After the 1632 painting by Rembrandt in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv.no.1740 (Bredius 431). The attribution to Rembrandt is rejected by the Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings.
Bibliographic references
Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2005 / A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings
(II.C.51)
(graphic reproduction 1)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Associated with:
Claude Alexandre de Villeneuve, Comte de Vence
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Hans Sloane
Acquisition date
1753
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
F,6.169