A Scholar in his Study ('Faust')
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
A Scholar in his Study ('Faust')
ca. 1652.
Etching, drypoint and burin on paper.
210 x 160 mm
RvR 361
NHD 270, I
Provenance:
Pierre Mariette (1634-1716), Paris; purchased from Knoedler & Co., February 27, 1929
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Watermark: None.
One of two impressions of state I in the Library (see RvR 360).
There are additional lines of shading on outline of upright book to extreme right, which differs from the other impression in the Library (RvR 360). Likewise there is a difference in work on luminous circle to right of window. The shading on the floor below the point of the curtain in center right has been clarified.
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