The shell, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Title(s)

The shell

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-63

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 247-3(3)
• Bartsch 159-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 159-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1650’
• mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

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

Dating

1650

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 96 mm × width 132 mm

What

• molluscs (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)

Credit line

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

Acquisition

bequest 1962

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 172, cat.nr. 247
• De stillevens van Adriaen Coorte (werkzaam c.1683-1707) : met oeuvrecatalogus, p. 54, afb. 39