Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, reworked by a Pupil
1606-1669
Beardless Man in a Fur Cloak and Cap: Bust
1631
Etching and engraving on paper.
74 x 58 mm
Gift of J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
RvR 424
NHD number
NHD 102, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
Etching by Rembrandt only known in later states reworked by a pupil.
Margin is trimmed very close to the platemark.
Probably reworked by Van Vliet. (White and Boon)
See Schuckman et al. 1996, no. 24a.
Tip of nose nearly white. The cap has a deep indentation on the left side. (White and Boon)
Etching by Rembrandt only known in later states reworked by a pupil.
Margin is trimmed very close to the platemark.
Probably reworked by Van Vliet. (White and Boon)
See Schuckman et al. 1996, no. 24a.
Tip of nose nearly white. The cap has a deep indentation on the left side. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated upper left, "RHL 1631" (double signature, the first faintly visible above the other is probably Rembrandt's).
Provenance
Antonio Cesare de Poggi (end of 18th century and 1st quarter of 19th century, d. ca. 1836), London and Paris; P. Gervaise (d. 1860), Paris; 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
Gervaise, P., d.1860, former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Poggi, Antonio Cesare de, 18th/19th cent., former owner.
Smith, Edward, 19th cent., former owner.
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Poggi, Antonio Cesare de, 18th/19th cent., 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. 24a.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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