Jan Asselijn, Painter

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Jan Asselijn, Painter
ca. 1647
Etching, engraving and drypoint, printed on Japanese paper, made of two sheets, pasted together.
216 x 170 mm
RvR 384
NHD 236, II
Provenance: 
Jan Baptist de Graaf (1742-1804), Amsterdam; Friedrich Kalle (1804-1875), Cologne and Bonn; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
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Signed and dated lower right, "Rembr f 16" (last two digits illegible).

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Watermark: None.
Plate tone throughout.
The painting and easel are burnished out, but some of the previous work still remains around the contour of the figure. (White and Boon)

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