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The Ship of Fortune

1633
17th century
112 x 164 mm (4.4 x 6.5 in.)

Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, (1606–1669)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on cream laid paper

State: Second of two states

Print impression quality: Very good

Marks: Signed in plate with date “1633”

Marks: Watermark: Bottom of house with door and window (cut off?), upper center; similar to Churchill 519 and 575 and Heawood 1206-08 (plate 161)

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (Lugt 2529); G. Gerstenberg (Lugt 2785); Berlin Print Room duplicate (Lugt 1606, Lugt 2398)

Bibliography: Bartsch 111; Hind 106; Münz 256; BB. 33-E; White and Boon second of two states: “Plate reduced to 113 x 166. Cross hatching added to shading on Fortune’s back…. Signature, partly burnished out, covered with shading.” 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, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998), see object file Rembrandt Watermarks 2000.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1941

Accession Number: 1941.D1.34

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allegory, marine views*, nudes*, ships*

allegory
marine views - Use For Term
nudes - Representations of unclothed human figures. [February 1998 related term added, "nudity"; alternate descriptor changed, was "nude". September 1990 descriptor added.]
ships - Use for watercraft generally larger and more seaworthy than boats; usually propelled by sails or engines.

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plate Dimensions: 112 x 164 mm (4.4 x 6.5 in.)

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Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, (1606–1669) . The Ship of Fortune, 1633. Etching on cream laid paper. Second of two states. plate : 112 x 164 mm (4.4 x 6.5 in.). Sheet : 114 x 167 mm (4.5 x 6.6 in.). DAC accession number 1941.D1.34. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1941. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: R. Lee) .

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