
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Old Man Seen From Behind, Profile Right: Half-Figure
ca. 1629
Etching with touches of drypoint on paper.
72 x 42 mm
RvR 223
NHD number
NHD 33a, VII
Notes
Watermark: None.
Cross-hatching added to the coat, the back of the cap, and the neck, shading out the white collar. (White and Boon)
No margins. Closely trimmed; the platemark mostly lost.
Part of, "A Sheet of Studies of Men's Heads" (B 366).
The left upper corner made up.
Cross-hatching added to the coat, the back of the cap, and the neck, shading out the white collar. (White and Boon)
No margins. Closely trimmed; the platemark mostly lost.
Part of, "A Sheet of Studies of Men's Heads" (B 366).
The left upper corner made up.
Provenance
George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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