Saint Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(Dutch, 1606–1669)
about 1653
Medium/TechniqueEtching, drypoint, and engraving on oatmeal paper
DimensionsPlatemark: 25.7 x 20.8 cm (10 1/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.8 x 21 cm (10 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 25.8 x 21 cm (10 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP496
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ProvenanceCabinet Brentano-Birckenstock (founded 1765 by Johannn-Melchior Birckenstock (1738-1809), Vienna and Frankfurt, Lugt 345); sold following the death in 1869 of Antonia, Birckenstock's only daughter, wife of Franz Brentano, Frankfurt, Prestel, 16 May 1870, lot 1338; bought by Marseille Holloway (died about 1910, London, Lugt 1875); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.
