About the Artwork
Samuel Manesseh Ben Israel
1636
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
1606-1669
Dutch
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 inches (14.9 × 10.5 cm) Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 1/4 inches (17.5 × 10.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S977
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, center right edge of image: Rembrandt f | 1636
Inscribed, in brown ink, bottom margin: Manasse Ben Israel, Geleerd Rabbyn | Geboren te dissabon 1604. Overleden to Am | sterdam den 16 November 1657. Oud 53 Jaar.[edges ruled in brown ink just within plate mark]
Watermark, outlined in pencil, verso: [coat of arms flanked by rearing animals] Stamp, verso: Scripps 1882 [added in ink to stamp]
Provenance
1882, H. Wunderlich & Co. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Samuel Manesseh Ben Israel, 1636, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S977.
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