The Annunciation
primaryCopy after
Rembrandt van Rijn
(Leyden, 1606 - 1669, Amsterdam)
Dateafter 1655
Place MadeNetherlands, Europe
MediumBrown ink on paper (affixed to another sheet)
Dimensions15.2 x 21 cm (6 x 8 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP21e18
eMuseum ID716924
EmbARK ObjectID11927
TMS Source ID1079
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 16. (as by Rembrandt)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 298. (as influenced by Rembrandt)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 189. (as by a follower of Rembrandt)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 29, 31-32, no. 14. (as a copy after a lost orignal by Rembrandt made around 1650-1655)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 206.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 298. (as influenced by Rembrandt)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 189. (as by a follower of Rembrandt)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 29, 31-32, no. 14. (as a copy after a lost orignal by Rembrandt made around 1650-1655)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 206.
MarksNotesImpressed (lower right): JR [in monogram] (collector's mark of the English painter Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745), the English painter, Lugt no. 2184)
Stamped (lower right, in black-brown ink): SR / IR (cut off on bottom) in a square (collector's mark of the English painter Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Lugt no. 2364)
Inscribed (upper center, verso, in black-brown ink): U-like shape with an uppercase J-shape touching and directly belowing it (an unclear mark; unidenified) [cut off at the top of the sheet]
Inscribed (on a separate slip, in pencil): Rembrandt, from Sir Joshua Reynold's collection. / Sold at Christy's [sic], May 1873.
Stamped (lower right, in black-brown ink): SR / IR (cut off on bottom) in a square (collector's mark of the English painter Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Lugt no. 2364)
Inscribed (upper center, verso, in black-brown ink): U-like shape with an uppercase J-shape touching and directly belowing it (an unclear mark; unidenified) [cut off at the top of the sheet]
Inscribed (on a separate slip, in pencil): Rembrandt, from Sir Joshua Reynold's collection. / Sold at Christy's [sic], May 1873.
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745), English painter, writer and collector.
Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), English artist and first President of the Royal Academy.
Sold at an unidentified Christie's sale in May 1873 (?).
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), English artist and first President of the Royal Academy.
Sold at an unidentified Christie's sale in May 1873 (?).
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
