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The Hour of Death

Formerly attributed to Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

The Hour of Death

before 1644 (?)
Etching on paper.
133 x 88 mm
RvR 173
Notes
Watermark: None.
Not by Rembrandt - cf. F. Bol (Hollstein 18). (White and Boon)
Rejected by all authorities except Bartsch and Gersaint.
Attributed to Ferdinand Bol. ('Ferdinand Bol: Etsen in eigen huis/Etchings in the artist's home', exhibition catalogue by Leonore van Sloten, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam 2000, no. 23)
One of two impressions in the Library, this one a later state than RvR 172.
Provenance

Wilhelm Koller (d. 1871), Vienna; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

Associated names
Koller, Wilhelm, d. 1871, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography

Sloten, Leonore van. Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680), Esten in eigen huis/etchings in the artist's home. Amsterdam : Museum Van Loon, 2000, no. 23.

Classification
Department
Century prints
School