Terms and conditions of use
Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher
1646
- Medium
- etching, engraving and drypoint with etched tone
- Measurements
- 27.8 × 18.8 cm (plate) 28.0 × 19.0 cm (sheet)
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Bartsch 280; Hind 225 ii/ii; White & Boon 280 ii/ii; NHD 235 ii/ii
- Edition
- 2nd of 2 states
- Inscription
- printed in ink (in image) u.c.: Rembrandt 1646
- Accession Number
- p.185.8-1
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1891
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
Watermarks
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- Watermark Form
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Strasbourg bend
- The Strasbourg bend watermark shows a fleur-de-lis above a shield with a bend (diagonal band), is named after the city Strasbourg and is also referred to as the Arms of Strasbourg. The watermark motif was in common use from the mid-15th century through to the 17th century.
- Watermark and variant description
- Strasbourg bend - variant A.a.a. Shield with a double-banded bend (the arms of Strasbourg) and side scrolls, surmounted by a large fleur-de-lis. Diamond-shaped central petal. A double band crosses the petals. 4WR below the shield.
- Additional notes
- This example includes the monogram 'WR' below the shield and refers to the papermill of Wendelin Richel or Rihel, a printer and papermaker from Strasbourg in the 16th century.
- Closely related watermark references
- Heawood 141 (1598, England); Lugt 100, 132; Labarre 119 (c.1598, England and 1538-1616, Holland).
- Completeness
- complete
- Chain Line Interval
- 28 mm
- Laid Line Frequency
- 10/cm
- Placement and spacing of wires
- 142 x 14 [14|28|11] x 18
- Wire Side
- verso
- Radiograph taken from
- verso
