St Jerome beside a pollard willow, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Title(s)

St Jerome beside a pollard willow

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1047

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 244-3(4)
• Bartsch 103-2(2)
  Remark: 2(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 103-2(2)
  Remark: 2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1648’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2775
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 1780
• collector's mark: Lugt 345

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1648

Material

• Japanese paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 176 mm × width 132 mm

What

• the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 167, cat.nr. 244
• Ontmoet Rembrandt : leven en werk van de meesterschilder, p. 74, afb. 61
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 103