Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Old Man with a Flowing Beard: Bust
1631
Etching on paper.
68 x 66 mm
RvR 435
NHD number
NHD 83, II
Notes
Watermark: None.
Diagonal cross-hatching added in [triangular area of shadow between the left margin and the left shoulder]. Further wisps of hair added beside the left eye, so that on the left side of the face the hair is continuous from head to shoulder. (White and Boon)
Münz believed that the second state is not by Rembrandt. (White and Boon)
Diagonal cross-hatching added in [triangular area of shadow between the left margin and the left shoulder]. Further wisps of hair added beside the left eye, so that on the left side of the face the hair is continuous from head to shoulder. (White and Boon)
Münz believed that the second state is not by Rembrandt. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated upper left, "RHL 1631".
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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