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Bald Man in a Fur Cloak: Bust

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.
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.
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