St Francis beneath a tree praying, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1657

Title(s)

St Francis beneath a tree praying

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-188

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 299-2(2)
• Bartsch 107-2(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 107-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1657’
• mark: Lugt 573
• inscription: ‘10 St (?)’

Artist

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

Dating

1657

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 179 mm × width 244 mm

What

• founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), Francis(cus) of Assisi; possible attributes: book, crucifix, lily, skull, stigmata

Acquisition

purchase 1828

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 271, cat.nr. 299
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 107
• Selling prints to the Rijksmuseum in 1827 : Christiaan Josi and Cornelis Apostool, Erik Hinterding, Olenka Horbatsch