Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Bust of a Man Wearing a High Cap, Three-Quarters Right: The Artist's Father (?)
1630
Etching and drypoint on paper.
51 x 46 mm
RvR 443
NHD number
NHD 57, III
Notes
Watermark: None.
Plate cut down [from 107 x 89 mm]. In later impressions the fine drypoint lines covering part of the white fur lining of the coat disappear. (White and Boon)
Plate cut down [from 107 x 89 mm]. In later impressions the fine drypoint lines covering part of the white fur lining of the coat disappear. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated upper left, "RL 1630"
Provenance
Jan Baptist de Graaf (1742-1804), Amsterdam; Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Associated names
Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876, former owner.
Graaf, Jan Baptist de, 1742-1804, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Graaf, Jan Baptist de, 1742-1804, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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