| Maker(s): | Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn | | Culture: | Dutch (1606 - 1669)
| | Title: | Death of the Virgin
| | Date Made: | 1639
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | etching and drypoint on paper
| | Place Made: | Netherlands; Holland
| | Measurements: | sheet: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.; 40.005 x 31.75 cm; plate: 15 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches
| | Narrative Inscription: | signature on lower left corner image: Rembrandt f, label in file originally on backing when framed: Sears Vincent Price Gallery / "Death of the Virgin" / Rembrandt / Etching. Hind 161 iii.iv / 70070817 / Sears Vincent Price Gallery / 140 East Ontario Street / Chicago, Illinois 60611 / Telephone: XXXXXX 661-3180 / September 10, 1971 / William J. Roberts/ 280 South Bluff Edge/ Lake Forest, Illinois 60045/ CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION / Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn / Title: Death of the Virgin / Hind 161 iii.iv / Medium: Etching/ Number: 70070817 / Size: 15 1/2 x 12 1/4"/ Purchase Price: $3500.00/ The Vincent Price Gallery of Sears, Robuck and Co. hereby certifies that the above is an authentic original and was executed by the artist indicated above. / Ernest J. Maulwurf, Jr. (signature followed by thped name)/ Director of Sales and Exhibitions, inscription on verso lower right: 1101/RR, date on lower left: 1639
| | Accession Number: | SC 1998.8
| | Credit Line: | Gift of William J. O. Roberts and Ann E. Vail Roberts (Ann E. Vail), class of 1950
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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