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Cupid Resting

Pupil of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Cupid Resting

[16--]
Etching and drypoint on paper.
90 x 117 mm
RvR 203
Notes
Watermark: None.
Etching by unknown pupil of Rembrandt.
The print reproduces the painting signed: Rembrandt f 1634 in the Thyssen collection, Lugano (Bredius 370), in reverse.
Münz attributed the etching to Ferdinand Bol. It is, however, signed at the bottom right: I. de Jouderville (?); this is clearly visible in the Amsterdam impression, which is dated on the back in ink: 1648. (White and Boon)
Provenance

Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), Norfolk; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

Associated names
Astley, Edward, Sir, 1729-1802, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School