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Head of an Old Woman

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, reworked by a Pupil
1606-1669

Head of an Old Woman

ca. 1631
Etching on paper.
35 x 43 mm
RvR 478
NHD number
NHD 107, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
Etching by Rembrandt reworked by a pupil. (White and Boon)
Only one state.
Probably reworked by Van Vliet; very similar to B 355. (White and Boon) (See Schuckman et al. 1996, no. 33.2)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram upper left (not by Rembrandt), "RHL".
Provenance

John Barnard (d. 1784), London; Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London and Dalkeith; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

Associated names
Barnard, John, d. 1784, former owner.
Buccleuch, Walter Francis Scott, Duke of, 1806-1884, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Bibliography

Schuckman, Christiaan, et al. Rembrandt & Van Vliet : a collaboration on copper. Amsterdam : Museum het Rembrandthuis-Rembrandt Information Centre, 1996, no. 33.2.

Classification
Department
Century prints
School