Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Bust of a Bearded Old Man in a Fur-Bordered Cap
ca. 1634-1636
3 1/16 x 2 1/2 inches (78 x 64 mm)
Pen and brown ink, with traces of correction in opaque white at back of fur-border on cap, on paper; traces of framing line in brown ink.
I, 174e
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
This drawing and nos. I, 174a, I, 174b, I, 174c, and I, 174d have apparently been mounted together on one mat since at least 1908.
This drawing and nos. I, 174a, I, 174b, I, 174c, and I, 174d have apparently been mounted together on one mat since at least 1908.
Associated names
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Esdaile, William, 1758-1837, former owner.
Riggall, Edward, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Esdaile, William, 1758-1837, former owner.
Riggall, Edward, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice and Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann. Rembrandt Drawings from American Collections. Cambridge, MA: Fogg Art Museum; New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1960, no. 17, repr.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 205.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 205.
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Century Drawings
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