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The Circumcision: Small Plate

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Circumcision: Small Plate
ca. 1630
Etching, with touches of drypoint on paper.
Plate Mark: 88 x 64 mm
RvR 74
NHD 55
Provenance: 
Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Luke 2:21.
Less heavily inked and less contrast than RvR 75.
One of two impressions in the Library (see RvR 75).
Only one state according to Hind.

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