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Peasant Family on the Tramp

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Peasant Family on the Tramp

ca. 1652
Etching on paper.
113 x 93 mm
RvR 201
NHD number
NHD 266, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
Margins 6 mm
One of two impressions of state I in the Library (see RvR 202). Less contrasty and probably later impressions than RvR 202.
Small area of false biting on man's pack. Impression has rough plate edges. Traces of a previous etching of an old man's head can be seen on the right. (White and Boon)
Provenance

George Hibbert (1757-1837), London; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.

Associated names
Hibbert, George, 1757-1837, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School