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Nude Man Seated Before a Curtain

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Nude Man Seated Before a Curtain
1646
Etching on paper.
164 x 96 mm
RvR 271
NHD 232
Provenance: 
John Heywood Hawkins (1803-1877), London and Bignor Park; Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London and Dalkeith; M.W. (?) [Lugt.1920]; D. Danby (?) [Lugt.736a]; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt.f.1646".

Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Contrasty, clear impression in deep black.
One of two impressions of state I in the Library (see RvR 272).
The hair beside the right cheek visible. (White and Boon)

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