Conus Marmoreus (print)
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Conus Marmoreus (print)
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The Shell, also known as Rembrandt's Shell or Conus Marmoreus, or in Dutch as De schelp or Het schelpje, is a 1650 drypoint and etching by Rembrandt van Rijn. Catalogued as B.159, it is Rembrandt's only still life etching. Only a handful of original prints are known, in three states. The print depicts the shell of a Conus marmoreus, then known as the Herts Horen, when it was a rare import to Europe from the Indian Ocean. Rembrandt owned an example along with several other exotic shells in his pe
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