Trade Card for A. Salmon, Printer (Imprimeur)

Anonymous, French, 19th century|Auguste Porcabeuf|Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

ca. 1894 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

This late nineteenth-century trade card reproducing Rembrandt’s self-portrait demonstrates the long legacy of the Dutch etcher as a model for artistic printing. Alfred Salmon opened his printing business in 1863, but the inclusion here of the name of his son-in-law, Auguste Porcabeuf, suggests that this card dates from about 1894, when he took over the enterprise.

Artist

Anonymous, French, 19th century|Auguste Porcabeuf|Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Date

ca. 1894

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926