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St. Jerome Kneeling in Prayer, Looking Down

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
St. Jerome Kneeling in Prayer, Looking Down
1635
Etching on paper.
114 x 80 mm
RvR 162
NHD 142, I
Provenance: 
August Artaria (1807-1893), Vienna; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated upper right, "Rembrandt f.1635" ('d' in reverse and '5' hardly legible).

Notes: 

Watermark: None
Impression more contrasty than RvR 161; figure of St. Jerome retouched with brush in gray.
One of two impressions in the Library (see RvR 161).
Only one state.

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