Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, reworked by a Pupil
1606-1669
Bald Man in a Fur Cloak: Bust
ca. 1631
Etching on paper.
66 x 58 mm
RvR 445
NHD number
NHD 99, V
Notes
Watermark: None.
Etching by Rembrandt only known in later states reworked by a pupil. Before the perpendicular wrinkle between brows. (White and Boon)
Probably reworked by Van Vliet. (White and Boon)
See Schuckman et al. 1996, no. 30.
Etching by Rembrandt only known in later states reworked by a pupil. Before the perpendicular wrinkle between brows. (White and Boon)
Probably reworked by Van Vliet. (White and Boon)
See Schuckman et al. 1996, no. 30.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated upper left (not by Rembrandt), "RH(L) 163". Inscribed in margin, "pas commun / Vieillard á tete chauve / Gers. n. 302".
Provenance
Cabinet Brentano-Birckenstock, Vienna and Frankfurt; Carl Schlösser (1827-1884), Elberfeld; Edward Smith Jr. (2nd half of 19th century), London; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Associated names
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Schlösser, Carl, 1827-1884, former owner.
Smith, Edward, 19th cent., former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Schlösser, Carl, 1827-1884, former owner.
Smith, Edward, 19th cent., former owner.
Bibliography
Schuckman, Christiaan, et al. Rembrandt & Van Vliet: a collaboration on copper. Amsterdam : Museum het Rembrandthuis-Rembrandt Information Centre, 1996, no. 30.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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