Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap, with Eyes Closed
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap, with Eyes Closed
ca. 1635
Etching on paper.
112 x 101 mm
RvR 407
NHD 148, II
Provenance:
Baron Hans Albrecht von Derschau (d.1824), Nuremburg; Berlin Museum; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription:
Signed upper left, "Rembrandt" and "R" (in reverse).
Watermark: Number "4" and three balls, fragment of foolscap.
Notes:
Münz believed that the print belongs to a group of etchings started by Bol, and completed by Rembrandt. (White and Boon)
Only one state.
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