The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake

Rembrandt1654

Details

Title: The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn
Date Created: 1654
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower center: “Rembrandt. f. 1654.”
Print State: First of two 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), 1941
Materials & Techniques: Etching on laid paper
Keywords: animals, Bible, mothers, New Testament, religions, religious art, reptiles, snakes
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 97 mm x 143 mm (3.82 in. x 5.63 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 63; Hind 275; White and Boon first of two states
Associated People: Created by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Accession Number: 1941.D1.40

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