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Man at a Desk Wearing a Cross and Chain

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Man at a Desk Wearing a Cross and Chain
1641
Etching and drypoint on paper.
154 x 102 mm
RvR 346
NHD 194, II
Provenance: 
George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt f 1641".
Watermark: Fragment, crown.

Notes: 

White collar burnished and drawn in. Further shading added at the right hand side, darkening shadow cast by figure. (White and Boon)

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