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The Goldweigher's Field
16514 13/16 x 12 5/8 in. (12.2 x 32.1 cm)
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Netherlands (Leiden, 1606 - 1669, Amsterdam)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Etching and drypoint on wove paper
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. James H. Lockhart, Jr.
Accession Number:
1987.63
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
Lockhart Collection
This landscape is of a real place: the city of Haarlem with the spire of the Grootekerk can be seen at the left and the church tower of Bloemendaal is in the right middle ground. Rembrandt has subtly manipulated the scene into a carefully composed and extended horizontal panorama. He uses diagonal lines to indicate divisions in the fields. Horizontal lines showing property divisions and the woods also serve to slow the viewer’s gaze. The addition of drypoint, or lines scratched in the plate without the use of acid, heightens the contrast between light and shadow.
The title for this print comes from the author of a 1751 catalogue of Rembrandt’s prints. He mistook this landscape for the property of the goldweigher, the Receiver General Jan Uytenbogaert, who was the subject of one of Rembrandt’s portraits. The Goldweigher’s Field actually shows the estate of the merchant Christoffel Thijs, who sold Rembrandt his house in 1639 and to whom Rembrandt was in debt.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
The title for this print comes from the author of a 1751 catalogue of Rembrandt’s prints. He mistook this landscape for the property of the goldweigher, the Receiver General Jan Uytenbogaert, who was the subject of one of Rembrandt’s portraits. The Goldweigher’s Field actually shows the estate of the merchant Christoffel Thijs, who sold Rembrandt his house in 1639 and to whom Rembrandt was in debt.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
Bibliography
See general reference to this print in Adam von Bartsch, "Le peintre-graveur," Paris, 1801-21:234; F. W. Hollstein, "Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700," Amsterdam, 1949: B 234; Christopher White and Karel G. Boon's "Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue," Amsterdam: Abner Schram, 1969, vol. I, p. 113, B234; in "The Illustrated Bartsch," New York : Abaris Books, (1978- ) vol. 50, p. 192, no. 234; and in Erik Hinterding's "Rembrandt as an Etcher," Ouderkerk aan den IJssel : Sound & Vision, 2006, vol. II, pp. 308-309.
Provenance
François Debois; Dr. and Mrs. James H. Lockhart, Jr., Geneseo, New York; their gift to the Gallery in 1987
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Drawings & Prints from the James H. Lockhart Collection 11/13/1959 - 12/6/1959
- European prints & drawings: selected acquisitions Memorial Art Gallery 9/23/1988 - 12/11/1988
- For the Enjoyment of Art: Gifts of Dr. and Mrs. James H. Lockhart, Jr. 12/9/1995 - 5/12/1996
- Rembrandt's World: Prints and Drawings from the Dutch Golden Age Memorial Art Gallery 11/21/2003 - 1/11/2004
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Candace J. Adelson, ed. For the Enjoyment of Art: Gifts of Dr. and Mrs. James Lockhart, Jr.. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1995.
- Article Author: Barryte, Bernard. Article Title: Gallery Announces Major Acquisitions of European Art. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Issue Date: July-August 1988. Page Number: 6-8
- Article Author: Washburn, Gordon Bailey, and Robert McDonald. Article Title: The James Lockhart Collection of Prints and Drawings. Article Scope: Mention. Carnegie Magazine. Pittsburgh, PA: The Carnegie Institute Volume Number: XXXII, Issue Number: 2. Issue Date: February 1958. Page Number: 42
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Nancy E. Green. For the Enjoyment of Art: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. James H. Lockhart, Jr. at the Memorial Art Gallery. Ithaca, NY: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 1996.
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013