Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Old Woman Seated in a Cottage, with a String of Onions on the Wall
ca. 1629
Etching on paper.
126 x 85 mm
RvR 206
NHD number
NHD 26, III
Notes
Horizontal shading added to skirt below her right knee. Several horizontal lines added on face. (White and Boon)
Münz believed that the second and third states were the work of van Vliet. (White and Boon)
Münz believed that the second and third states were the work of van Vliet. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated upper right (not by Rembrandt), "Rt. 1631" (in state II).
Watermark: Fragment, lamb hanging at bottom of watermark. Possibly Arms of Brugundy and Austria. See RvR 141
Watermark: Fragment, lamb hanging at bottom of watermark. Possibly Arms of Brugundy and Austria. See RvR 141
Provenance
D. G. de Arozarena (ca.1860), South America and Paris; Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Associated names
Arozarena, D. G. de, 19th cent., former owner.
Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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