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Self Portrait with Long Bushy Hair: Head Only

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Self Portrait with Long Bushy Hair: Head Only
ca. 1631
Etching, with touches of drypoint, on paper.
64 x 60 mm
RvR 9
NHD 81, II
Provenance: 
James Reiss (1812-1899), Manchester and London; Nicolas Mossoloff (1847-1914), Moscow; purchased from Knoedler, October 1936.
Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Münz believed that only the first state was by Rembrandt, and that Van Vliet was responsible for the second state onwards. (White and Boon)
Nearly horizontal shading added on forehead above right eye. (White and Boon)
Plate cut down [from 145 x 117 mm].

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