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Print, The Discovery of a Buried Man

This is a Print. It was after Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. It is dated after 1765 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is etching on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Bruno Lasker and Bruno Lasker.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 29 x 23.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.) Platemark: 28 x 21.4 cm (11 in. x 8 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, lower margin: nach dem Originale von Rembrand, so in der Samburg des Herru Backman zu Magdeburg befind lich 1765.

Cite this object as

Print, The Discovery of a Buried Man; After Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669); Netherlands; etching on white laid paper; Sheet: 29 x 23.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.) Platemark: 28 x 21.4 cm (11 in. x 8 7/16 in.); 1957-41-108

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