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Old Man with a Divided Fur Cap

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Old Man with a Divided Fur Cap
1640
Etching and drypoint, on paper.
150 x 147 mm
RvR 355
NHD 182, I
Provenance: 
Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859), London and Packington Hall, Warwickshire; John Heywood Hawkins (1803-1877), London and Bignor Park; Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London and Dalkeith; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated upper left, "Rembrandt f 1640".

Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Before the slipped stroke [running from the cap at the level of his left eyebrow to his left cheek]. (White and Boon)

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