Beardless Man in a Fur Cloak and Cap: Bust

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Beardless Man in a Fur Cloak and Cap: Bust
1631
Etching and engraving on paper.
74 x 58 mm
RvR 425
NHD 102, III
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Purchased from Kennedy & Co., in May 1925.
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Signed in monogram and dated upper left, "RHL 163" (double signature, the first faintly visible above the other is probably Rembrandt's).

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Watermark: None.
Etching by Rembrandt only known in later states reworked by a pupil.
Margins: top of 15 mm, at the sides 20-25 mm, and at the bottom and irregular margin of 15-18 mm
Probably reworked by Van Vliet. (White and Boon)
Rembrandt and Van Vliet (see Schuckman et al. 1996, no. 24b).
Tip of nose shaded; shape of hat altered. (White and Boon)

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