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Death Appearing to a Wedded Couple from an Open Grave

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Death Appearing to a Wedded Couple from an Open Grave
1639
Etching and drypoint on paper.
109 x 79 mm
RvR 174
NHD 174
Provenance: 
Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877), London and Trent; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated lower left, in drypoint, "Rembrandt · f.1639."

Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Only one state.

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