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Jan Cornelis Sylvius

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Jan Cornelis Sylvius
1633
Etching on paper.
166 x 141 mm
RvR 356
NHD 124, II
Provenance: 
Count Giuseppe Archinto (1783-1861), Milan; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated center left, "Rembrandt f 1633".

Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Partly reworked. Background clarified, contour along shoulder towards right strengthened, curls under his right ear added, nail on pinky redefined.
Trimmed along the platemark.

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