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Head of a Man in a High Cap

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Head of a Man in a High Cap

ca. 1629
Etching, with touches of drypoint, on paper.
36 x 22 mm
RvR 419
NHD number
NHD 38, V
Notes
Watermark: None.
Münz believed that van Vliet was responsible for the work in the third state. (White and Boon)
Shading on the right side of the cap, previously only reaching two thirds of the height, now continued to the top. (White and Boon)
Provenance

John Heywood Hawkins (1803-1877), London and Bignor Park; Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London and Dalkeith; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

Associated names
Buccleuch, Walter Francis Scott, Duke of, 1806-1884, former owner.
Hawkins, John Heywood, 1803-1877, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School