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-OB-169

Catalogue reference

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

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1648’
• collector's mark: Lugt 1920 of 1921
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

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

Dating

1648

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 178 mm × width 133 mm

What

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

Acquisition

transferred 1816

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