Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Blind Fiddler
1631
Etching on paper.
78 x 53 mm
RvR 215
NHD number
NHD 77, VIII
Notes
Watermark: None.
The figure heavily and coarsely reworked with the burin by another hand.
Triangular seam at top of sleeve removed. Some lines along the top margin suggest that the plate was originally larger, and possibly contained another subject. (White and Boon)
The figure heavily and coarsely reworked with the burin by another hand.
Triangular seam at top of sleeve removed. Some lines along the top margin suggest that the plate was originally larger, and possibly contained another subject. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated lower center, "RHL 1631".
Provenance
Johann Karl Brünner (1738-1812), Frankfurt; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Brünner, Johann Karl, 1738-1812, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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