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Bald Man with Open Mouth, Looking Down: Bust

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Bald Man with Open Mouth, Looking Down: Bust
ca. 1631
Etching and engraving on paper.
69 x 58 mm
RvR 413
NHD 100, II
Provenance: 
Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), Norfolk; Dr. C.S. (?); purchased from Kennedy & Co., 1922.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated upper left (not by Rembrandt), "RHL 1631".

Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Collector's mark [L.2775/E. Astley] on top left corner.
Etching by Rembrandt only known in later states reworked by a pupil. Probably reworked by Van Vliet. Münz doubts whether state I is by Rembrandt. (White and Boon)
Trimmed within the platemark.
With the outline [of the head at the right]. (White and Boon)

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
School: 
Dutch
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints