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L'Histoire Touchante

Maker

After
(artist)
1606-1669

(printmaker)
1723-1818

(publisher)

Title

L'Histoire Touchante

Date of Production

1767

Medium

mezzotint

Dimensions

Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 26.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6092.19

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Meyer, Véronique, Pierre Simon (c.1640-1710), Nouvelles de l'estampe, 99, 1988 and 103-4, 1989, Paris, Paris
ill. on p. 54.II
Meyer notes the print is after a drawing by Rembrandt, probably depicting Tobias' son reading to his father.

Inscriptions

Inscription: Gravé dun Dessein de Rembrandt dans le Cabinet de Monsr. Dan: Neyman a Amsterdam. / L'Histoire touchante. //

Inscription: WB 1767 //

Inscription: W. Baillie after Paintings and Drawings, Boydell, London. //

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