Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol, Writing Master: The Larger Plate
ca. 1658
Etching, engraving and drypoint, printed on Japanese paper.
340 x 290 mm
RvR 396
NHD number
NHD 306, V
Notes
Watermark: None
A series of curved vertical lines now cover the second fold of the curtain, some 2 cm from the right hand margin, at the top. (White and Boon)
Inscription by Coppenol (the sitter) on the margin at the bottom: "De Kunst blinckt in den Mensch verscheidelÿck verdeelt. / Dus leeft de Meester van de Schrÿfkunst afgebeelt. / J. Six de Chandelier / Composuit. / Lievan van Coppenol/ Scripsit An[o superscript] 1667."
A series of curved vertical lines now cover the second fold of the curtain, some 2 cm from the right hand margin, at the top. (White and Boon)
Inscription by Coppenol (the sitter) on the margin at the bottom: "De Kunst blinckt in den Mensch verscheidelÿck verdeelt. / Dus leeft de Meester van de Schrÿfkunst afgebeelt. / J. Six de Chandelier / Composuit. / Lievan van Coppenol/ Scripsit An[o superscript] 1667."
Provenance
John Barnard (d.1784), London ; Thomas Hankey, sold April 1798; John Webster (1810-1891), Aberdeen, sold May 9, 1889; found at Prince's Gate after 1914, brought to New York 1923.
Associated names
Barnard, John, d. 1784, former owner.
Hankey, Thomas, former owner.
Webster, John, 1810-1891, former owner.
Hankey, Thomas, former owner.
Webster, John, 1810-1891, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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