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Man at a Desk Wearing a Cross and Chain

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Man at a Desk Wearing a Cross and Chain

1641
Etching and drypoint on paper.
154 x 102 mm
RvR 346
NHD number
NHD 194, II
Notes
White collar burnished and drawn in. Further shading added at the right hand side, darkening shadow cast by figure. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt f 1641".
Watermark: Fragment, crown.
Provenance

George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

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