Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, A Beggar Couple, Heads of an Old Man and Old Woman, etc.
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, A Beggar Couple, Heads of an Old Man and Old Woman, etc.
1632
Etching on paper.
100 x 105 mm
RvR 479
NHD 115, II
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George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
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Watermark: None.
Cf. the drawing of "A Self Portrait", signed (?) and dated 1630, in reverse, in Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Benesch A 18a), sometimes attributed to Rembrandt, e.g. by Bauch. (White and Boon)
Foul biting removed. Plate cut down [from 101 x 114 mm]. (White and Boon)
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