The presentation in the temple from the original picture painted by Rembrandt, in the collection of the Honble. Horace Walpole / [graphic]

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Description

Title
The presentation in the temple from the original picture painted by Rembrandt, in the collection of the Honble. Horace Walpole / [graphic]
Creator
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Contributor
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, artist.
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, publisher.
Published / Created
[25 September 1771]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published Sepr. 25th, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Abstract

"Mary kneeling and holding out the Christ child to the high priest, who leans down with open arms; a group of men looking on from a higher level between pillars, one climbing down; Joseph standing behind Mary in a humble attitude to right."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Size of the picture, 2 f. 0 i. by 2 f. 6 i. in height"--Lower left corner.
Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill.
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
Extent
1 print : sheet 50.1 x 36 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Reproductions
Mezzotints England London 1771
Material
mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic)
Presentation
Subjects
Jesus Christ > Presentation
England > London > 1771
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Catalog Record
99136014403408651
Object ID (OID)
16733103

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