David in Prayer, 1652

  • Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 5 1/2 × 3 5/8 inches (14 × 9.2 cm) Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 3/4 inches (14.3 × 9.5 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

30.358

Signed and dated, in plate, lower left center of image: Rembrandt f. 1652

Stamp, in blue, verso: K. F. F. von Nagler Stamp, in black and brown, verso: Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin Stamp, in purple, verso: Red. Ph. Goldschmidt

Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [several numeric notations]

K. F. F. von Nagler

Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany)

Rud. Ph. Goldschmidt. 1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, David in Prayer, 1652, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.358.