A Rabbi

Description:

This etching by Léopold Flameng is known as either Un Rabbin or Un Vieux (An Old Man). The painting by Rembrandt hangs in the Musée Bonat, Bayonne, France. The print was etched for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, a publication started in Paris by Charles Blanc in 1859, which ceased only recently. Flameng had met Blanc in the studio of a well-known engraver, Luigi Calamatta, and became one of two graphic artists on the new publication. He etched no fewer than 100 plates for the Gazette and some forty plates for Blanc’s book on Rembrandt’s work, published in 1859. Flameng’s etchings after Rembrandt were highly regarded by collectors in this period.

Date Made: 19th century

Original Artist: Rembrandt van RijnGraphic Artist: Flameng, LéopoldPublisher: Gazette des Beaux-Arts

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: JudaismPortraits

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See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Ferris Collection, Communications, Religion, Art

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Credit Line: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14958Catalog Number: 14958Accession Number: 94830

Object Name: printetchingObject Type: Etching

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 12 cm x 9.8 cm; 4 3/4 in x 3 7/8 inplate: 15 cm x 11.8 cm; 5 7/8 in x 4 5/8 insheet: 25 cm x 19.6 cm; 9 13/16 in x 7 11/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-9e7a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1002503

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