Carl Ernst Hess, Rembrandt van Rijn, and others
Govaert Flinck
1772-1782
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Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 213 x 170 mm. (8 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Image: 169 x 149 mm. (6 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.2193
After the painting by Ferdinand Bol in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, inv.no.609; the painting was previously attributed to Rembrandt. This print is from a series of nine plates after Rembrandt paintings, "La Galerie Electorale de Düsseldorf" (Basel: 1778), all etched by Hess after paintings then in the collection of the Elector Palatine Karl Theodor in Düsseldorf. Most of these paintings are now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
There are four prints in the Garrett Collection from the series: 1946.112.2190, 1946.112.2191, 1946.112.2192, 1946.112.2193.
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Rembrandt pt"; below image, lower right, in plate "Hess Sc:"; below image, across lower margin, in plate "gravé d'apres le Tableau origl. dans la Gallerie de Düsseldrf" Verso: lower left in graphite "247"; lower center in graphite "852"; lower right in graphite "14-25"; lower right in graphite "CRZ / [indecipherable]"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
