Allegorical and fancy subjects SEE ALSO B 120, B 270 AND B 281
B 109
Death appearing to a wedded couple from an open grave. Only state. Signed and dated Rembrandt f. 1639. Haarlem.
B 110
The phoenix or the statue overthrown. With drypoint. Only state. Signed and dated Rembrandt f. 1658, in the shadows in the lower center. Haarlem.
The specific reference of the subject has not yet been conclusively identified.
B 111
The ship of fortune. Second state of two. Signed and dated Rembrandt f. 1633. Haarlem.
In this state the signature is partly burnished out. Served as an illustration for a book on the history of navigation by E. Herckmans, Der zee-vaert lof (In praise of sailing), Amsterdam 1634.
Medea: or the marriage of Jason and Creusa. With touches of drypoint. Fourth state of five. Signed and dated Rembrandt f. 1648. Haarlem.
Served as an illustration to the printed version of Jan Six’s play Medea, published in 1648. This is the state in which the signature and verses appear.
B 113
The star of the kings: a night piece. Only state. Haarlem.
About 1651. The subject shows how Dutch children celebrated the feast of Epiphany in the 17th century.
B 114
The large lion hunt. Second state of two. Signed and dated Rembrandt f. 1641. Paris, Rothschild collection.
This illustration is reduced.
Original size 22.4 X 30 cm.
B 118
Three oriental figures [Jacob and Laban ?]. Second state of two. Signed and dated Rembrandt f. 1641, in reverse. Haarlem.
Perhaps Genesis 30:25-34.