The Philosopher
Ferdinand Bol, Dutch, 1616 - 1680
1642
Etching on paper
Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (21 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. (21.9 × 17.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Helena Mein Wade in memory of her husband, Alfred Byers Wade
PR.950.21.2
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper center: F. Bol F / 1642; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, center: 168; Watermark, upper center: M W [inversed] M; Watermark, center, under impression: [man's head with beard and collar]
Course History
ARTH 16.17, Rembrandt, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2016
Exhibition History
17th and 18th Century Prints, Art 46 Northern Baroque, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 13-April 23, 1978.
Old Age Exhibit, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 5-April 11, 1983.
Rembrandt to Manet, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 28-February 13, 1977.
Provenance
Alfred Byers Wade (1874-1949) Collection, to his wife, Helena Mein Wade (1878-1966), New Canaan, Connecticut, 1949; given to present collection, 1950.
Catalogue Raisonne
Hollstein 6
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