Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher
1646
Etching, engraving and drypoint on paper.
278 x 188 mm
RvR 388
NHD number
NHD 235, II
Notes
Watermark: None.
[A small area between the corner of the sitter's right eye and the eyebrow, which is only covered with diagonal shading], now shaded with cross hatching. (White and Boon)
One of three impressions of state II in the Library (see RvR 389 & RvR 390).
The upper margin not yet cleaned or the slip of the graver in the upper right hand corner burnished out.
[A small area between the corner of the sitter's right eye and the eyebrow, which is only covered with diagonal shading], now shaded with cross hatching. (White and Boon)
One of three impressions of state II in the Library (see RvR 389 & RvR 390).
The upper margin not yet cleaned or the slip of the graver in the upper right hand corner burnished out.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated upper center, "Rembrandt 1646".
Provenance
Purchased from Knoedler & Co., April 1925.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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