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Canal with an Angler and Two Swans

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Canal with an Angler and Two Swans

1650
Etching and drypoint on paper.
82 x 107 mm
RvR 331
NHD number
NHD 253, II
Notes
The meadow is shaded with diagonal lines, and further shading has been added to the belt of trees immediately behind; the outline of the right hand part of this belt has been redrawn. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt f 1650" ( 'd' reversed).
Watermark: Letters "LR" at bottom of shield, fragment.
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