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The Three Trees

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606–1669; born Leiden, Netherlands; died Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019-96

Information

Object Number
2019-96
Maker
Rembrandt van Rijn
Medium
Etching with drypoint and engraving
Dates

1643

Dimensions
plate: 21 × 28 cm (8 1/4 × 11 in.) sheet: 21.3 × 28.5 cm (8 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund and Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund in memory of the Museum’s dear friend and benefactor David A. Tierno
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription
Signed and dated lower edge, towards the left: Rembrandt f 1643
Signatures
F [under crown] [Lugt 968]; Metz
Materials
laid paper

Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and King of Portugal (1815-1885), stamp verso, lower left, in black (Lugt 968); his sale, J. M. Heberle, Cologne, November 29 ff., 1893, lot 2103; “Metz” collection (collector’s mark with the letters METZ on verso, lower left, in black; not in Lugt); [probably Frederick Keppel & Co., New York]; Frederick B. Pratt (1865-1945), New York; thence by descent; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.

Landscape with Three Trees