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The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake

1654
17th century
97 x 143 mm (3.8 x 5.6 in.)

Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, (1606–1669)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper

State: First of two states

Print impression quality: Excellent, wiped clean

Marks: Signed in plate, lower center: “Rembrandt. f. 1654.”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Unidentified collector’s mark, probably English (Lugt Supplement 2820).

Bibliography: Bartsch 63; Hind 275; White and Boon first of two states.

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

Accession Number: 1941.D1.40

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animals*, Bible, mothers, New Testament, religions, religious art*, reptiles, snakes

animals - This section can use more hierarchical (quasi-Linnaean) refinement in future; extant terms were assembled into a fairly flat and slightly redundant structure to expedite conversion.
Bible
mothers
New Testament
religions
religious art - Use broadly for art depicting religious subjects or for art used in worship. [September 1993 descriptor added.]
reptiles
snakes

Dimensions

plate Dimensions: 97 x 143 mm (3.8 x 5.6 in.)

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Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, (1606–1669) . The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake, 1654. Etching on laid paper. First of two states. plate : 97 x 143 mm (3.8 x 5.6 in.). DAC accession number 1941.D1.40. 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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Rembrandt - Religious Subjects

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