David and Goliath, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Title(s)

David and Goliath

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-67C

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 288c-1(5)
  Remark: fragment van 289
• Bartsch 36-2(3), van gehele plaat (C-1)
  Remark: fragment
• Hollstein Dutch 36-2(3), van gehele plaat (C-1)
  Remark: fragment

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1655’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

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

Dating

1655

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 145 mm × width 80 mm

What

• story of David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 250, cat.nr. 288c
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 36