Joseph telling his dreams, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1638

Title(s)

Joseph telling his dreams

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-76

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 167-3(6)
• Bartsch 37-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 37-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1638’
• mark: Lugt 240

Artist

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

Dating

1638

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 111 mm × width 84 mm

What

• Genesis: the story of Joseph

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 24, cat.nr. 167
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 37
• E. van de Wetering, Rembrandt : the painter at work, Amsterdam 2009, p. 81, fig. 113