Faust

Rembrandtca. 1652

Details

Title: Faust
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn
Date Created: ca. 1652
Print State: Second of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1947
Materials & Techniques: Etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper. Watermark: Strasbourg Lily (not listed in Ash and Fletcher Concordance for this print)
Keywords: Faust (character), genre, literature (writings), occult sciences, religious art
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 210 mm x 160 mm (8.27 in. x 6.3 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 270; H. 260; White and Boon second of three states. For student research on the DAC’s Rembrandt holdings’ watermarks vis-à-vis Nancy Ash and Shelley Fletcher’s concordance Watermarks in Rembrandt’s Prints (Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1998), see object file “Rembrandt Watermarks 2000.”
Associated People: Created by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Accession Number: 1947.D1.212

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