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Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, A Beggar Couple, Heads of an Old Man and Old Woman, etc.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, A Beggar Couple, Heads of an Old Man and Old Woman, etc.

1632
Etching on paper.
100 x 105 mm
RvR 479
NHD number
NHD 115, II
Notes
Watermark: None.
Cf. the drawing of "A Self Portrait", signed (?) and dated 1630, in reverse, in Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Benesch A 18a), sometimes attributed to Rembrandt, e.g. by Bauch. (White and Boon)
Foul biting removed. Plate cut down [from 101 x 114 mm]. (White and Boon)
Provenance

George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.

Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School