Joseph Telling his Dreams

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Title: Joseph Telling his Dreams
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Date Created: 1638
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 11.1 x 8.5 cm (4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.); Platemark: 10.9 x 8.3 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Provenance: C. H. (unidentified collector), stamped (Lugt 552), verso, lower left, in black. unidentified collector, stamped (not in Lugt), verso, center, in black ink. Daniel A. Huebsch, Cleveland, Ohio. Robert Hays Gries, Cleveland, Ohio; gift, 1942
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.875
Medium: etching with drypoint
State of work: iii/iii
Inscriptions: lower left, in plate: Rembrandt f. 1638 ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: H. 37 ; upper left, in graphite: No [1?]2 ; upper right, in pen and brown ink: No. 29. ; center left, in graphite (sideways): [illegible] ; center right, in pen and brown ink: [illegible] ; lower left, in red chalk: 42 ; lower left, in graphite: 998 ; lower center, in graphite: [various illegible and erased inscriptions] ; lower right, in graphite: Th[cut off by a hinge]
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hays Gries
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1942.875

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