The Quacksalver
- Date
- 1635
- Material
- Etching
- made in
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- plate: 3 1/16 x 1 1/2 in. (7.8 x 3.8 cm)
sheet: 3 1/8 x 1 9/16 in. (8 x 4 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 161:1922
NOTES
In this print Rembrandt van Rijn makes fun of a man flamboyantly dressed in clothes from an earlier era. The figure wears an elaborate costume of a ruffled collar, fur cloak, knee breeches and a small codpiece and carries a large purse and sword on his right hip. In his left hand he holds up a small object for the perusal of passersby. The man is a quacksalver, depicted hawking his bogus medicines in the streets.
Provenance
- 1921
Paul Davidsohn (b.1839), Berlin, Germany [1]
1921/04/26-29
In auction of Davidsohn collection, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, Germany, April 26 - 29, 1921, lot no. 121 [2]
1921 - 1922
Probably P. & D. Colnaghi, London, England [3]
1922
FitzRoy Carrington, New York, NY, USA
1922 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from FitzRoy Carrington [4]
Notes:
[1] Davidsohn's collector's mark is visible on the verso [Lugt 654].
[2] See the auction catalogue "Sammlung Paul Davidsohn, Kupferstiche Alter Meister." C. G. Boerner, April 26 - 29, 1921, lot no. 121. Buyer unknown.
[3] There is a Colnaghi number (C7534) on the verso.
[4] Invoice from FitzRoy Carrington dated December 8, 1922 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 8, 1922.
Paul Davidsohn (b.1839), Berlin, Germany [1]
1921/04/26-29
In auction of Davidsohn collection, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, Germany, April 26 - 29, 1921, lot no. 121 [2]
1921 - 1922
Probably P. & D. Colnaghi, London, England [3]
1922
FitzRoy Carrington, New York, NY, USA
1922 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from FitzRoy Carrington [4]
Notes:
[1] Davidsohn's collector's mark is visible on the verso [Lugt 654].
[2] See the auction catalogue "Sammlung Paul Davidsohn, Kupferstiche Alter Meister." C. G. Boerner, April 26 - 29, 1921, lot no. 121. Buyer unknown.
[3] There is a Colnaghi number (C7534) on the verso.
[4] Invoice from FitzRoy Carrington dated December 8, 1922 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 8, 1922.
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