Medium
		etching and drypoint
Measurements
		15.9 × 13.1 cm (plate) 16.2 × 13.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
			National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1958			
Gallery location
		Not on display
Catalogue/s Raisonné
		Bartsch 29; Hind 286; White & Boon 29; NHD 295
Edition
		only state
Inscription
		printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Rembrandt f. 1656
Accession Number
		3833-4
Departments
			International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Watermark Form
										Arms of Amsterdam  
 
The Arms of Amsterdam motif was a popular watermark in the Netherlands and closely resembles the city's coat of arms today. The three Saint Andrew's crosses represent Amsterdam, and the two rampant lions represent the Netherlands. It is likely this paper was manufactured in France for the Dutch market, as many papers of this time were imported to the Netherlands from nearby countries.
Watermark and variant description
											
												Arms of Amsterdam - variant N.a. Shield with three vertical fields (separated by a single wire), three St Andrew's crosses vertically in the central one. The shield supported by two lions rampant and surmounted by a crown decorated with irregularly shaped jewels on the outside and a double arch inside. There is no platform below the lions, and the letters LA are below.										
Closely related watermark references
											
												Churchill 4 (1658);
Heawood 428 (1678, Dutch paper in manuscript).										
Completeness
											
												partial 										
Chain Line Interval
											
												24-25 mm										
Laid Line Frequency
											
												10-11 per cm										
Placement and spacing of wires
											
												? x 18 [6|26|7] x 17										
Wire Side
											
												recto										
Radiograph taken from
											
												verso