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File:Rembrandt - Negress Lying Down, 1658.jpg

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Rembrandt  (1606–1669)  wikidata:Q5598 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn q:en:Rembrandt
 
Rembrandt
Alternative names
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 15 July 1606 Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1625 and circa 1669
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
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artist QS:P170,Q5598
Title

Negress lying down

The title for this print A Negress lying down or La négresse couchée, was coined by Adam Bartsch in the early 19th century, and is almost certainly erroneous. Neither de Jonghe in 1679 nor Röver in 1731 identified the subject as anything other than a sleeping nude woman. However, this title has remained in use although it is nowadays agreed that it is quite simply a woman lying in the dark.
Date 1658
date QS:P571,+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching print, drypoint print and burin (ii/iii)
Dimensions height: 8.2 cm (3.2 in); width: 15.9 cm (6.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,8.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,15.9U174728
Unknown galleryUnknown gallery
Place of creation Amsterdam
Object history by 1950
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury (1872-1950)

21 April 1950: purchased by Colnaghi's, London, Inventory number C. 27769, at the sale of the collection of James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury at Christie's, London, lot no. 52
1 September 1951: purchased by N.N., United Kingdom

6 December 2012: anonymous sale at Christie's, London (auction house), lot no. 42, for GBP 37,250
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Signature and date bottom left:

Rembrandt f 1658

Number verso:

C. 27769
Source/Photographer www.christies.com : Home : Info
Other versions
File:Rembrandt - Negra deitada, 1658.jpg
Version at the Fundação Cultural Ema Gordon Klabin, São Paulo
File:B205 Rembrandt.jpg
Version at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

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