Abraham Francen, apothecary, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1657

Title(s)

Abraham Francen, apothecary

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1150

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 301-6(12)
• Bartsch 273-6(10)
• Hollstein Dutch 273-6(10)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2632
• collector's mark: Lugt 33
• mark: ‘twee vertikale lijnen in een dubbele ovaal’
• inscription: ‘Cro B 410’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

c. 1657

Physical features

etching, drypoint and engraving, printed with plate tone on Japanese paper

Material

• Japanese paper (handmade paper)

Technique

etching / intaglio printmaking technique / drypoint

Measurements

height 157 mm × width 206 mm

Who

• Abraham Francen

Credit line

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

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, afb. 104, p. 212
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 277, cat.nr. 301