Rembrandt van Rijn and Claude Henri Watelet
The Goldsmith
1654
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 78 x 57 mm. (3 1/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Plate: 77 x 56 mm. (3 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.7827
As documented in New Hollstein, the 2nd state shows reworking to the plate not by Rembrandt (probably by C. H. Watelet).
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "Rembrandt f. 1655." Verso: center in graphite "[indecipherable] 29 / B 123 / Bl 94"; lower left in graphite "62"; lower left in graphite "50"; lower center in graphite "5/-"; lower right in graphite "T.H.G."
Markings: CM: unidentified stamp (Lugt 2900; possibly F. Baumgartner); Garrett initials in graphite
