Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Flute Player
1642
Etching and drypoint on paper.
116 x 143 mm
RvR 266
NHD number
NHD 211, II
Notes
Signature and dated added. The dark area above the girl's hat burnished white, and replaced by lightly drawn foliage. The tree trunk and foliage above further defined with drypoint. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower center, in drypoint, "Rembrandt. f 1642" (the '2' in reverse).
Watermark: Basel crozier in crowned shield over letters "PV".
Watermark: Basel crozier in crowned shield over letters "PV".
Provenance
Joseph Daniel Böhm (1794-1865), Vienna; August Artaria (1807-1893), Vienna; Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935), Berlin; purchased from Harlow & Co., January 1923.
Associated names
Artaria, August, 1807-1893, former owner.
Böhm, Joseph Daniel, 1794-1865, former owner.
Gerstenberg, Otto, 1848-1935, former owner.
Böhm, Joseph Daniel, 1794-1865, former owner.
Gerstenberg, Otto, 1848-1935, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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