The Pancake Woman
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(Dutch, 1606–1669)
1635
Medium/TechniqueEtching and drypoint: ink on laid paper
Dimensions11.5 x 7.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carolyn C. Rowland Trust
Accession number2013.352
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ProvenanceBy about 1940, Henri Vever (b. 1854 – d. 1943), Paris (Lugt 2491bis) [see note]; until 1998, by descent within the family; June 30, 1998, Henri Vever collection sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot 100. Sold by R. M. Light (dealer), Santa Barbara, to Carolyn Crossett (Mrs. George Rowland) Rowland (b. 1916 – d. 2012), Boston; 2013, bequest of Mrs. George R. Rowland to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2013)
NOTE: At the time of the German occupation of France, Henri Vever kept his collection of Rembrandt etchings in a Paris bank vault, where they remained until the end of World War II. See François Mautin, “A Remembrance,” in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection, by Glenn D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee (Washington, D.C., 1988), pp. 10-11.
NOTE: At the time of the German occupation of France, Henri Vever kept his collection of Rembrandt etchings in a Paris bank vault, where they remained until the end of World War II. See François Mautin, “A Remembrance,” in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection, by Glenn D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee (Washington, D.C., 1988), pp. 10-11.
