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Self Portrait Etching at a Window

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Self Portrait Etching at a Window
1648
Etching and drypoint on paper.
160 x 130 mm
RvR 29
NHD 240, IV
Provenance: 
John Barnard (d.1784), London; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated in drypint on the banner upper left, "Rembrandt. f 1648" (in state II).

Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Landscape added. Cross hatching on window frame. Heavy reworking including drypoint work on the jacket, and shading on the window frame and the scroll. Signature shaded out. (White and Boon)

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