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Self Portrait Scowling

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Self Portrait Scowling
ca. 1631
Etching on paper.
39 x 36 mm (octagonal)
Purchase.
1967.26
NHD 94
Provenance: 
Arthur Pond (ca. 1705-1758), London; Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), Norfolk; Gordon W. Nowell-Usticke; purchased from C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, December 1967.
Inscription: 

Inscribed with the monogram, "RHL".

Notes: 

Collector's mark [L.2775/ E. Astley] on the right top corner.
Münz believed that, as it exists now, the plate is by van Vliet, working over an original by Rembrandt (White and Boon).
Only one state.

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