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Old Man Shading His Eyes with His Hand

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Old Man Shading His Eyes with His Hand
ca. 1639
Etching and drypoint on paper.
138 x 115 mm
RvR 342
NHD 175, I
Provenance: 
Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt (ca.1840-1914), Berlin; purchased from Knoedler & Co., October 1936.
Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Margins 5 mm at the top and the bottom.
One of two impressions in the Library, both with limited dry-point tone (see RvR 341). The eye on the left side of the face is more clearly defined than in RvR 341.

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