Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Self Portrait Etching at a Window
1648
Etching and drypoint on paper.
160 x 130 mm
RvR 27
NHD number
NHD 240, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
Bold drypoint strokes contrast with the web of etched lines. An incompletely burnished area of previous work appears on the papers below the artist's right hand. (Boston 1969, no. 6)
Collector's mark [L 727/ R. Dighton] appears in window.
Bold drypoint strokes contrast with the web of etched lines. An incompletely burnished area of previous work appears on the papers below the artist's right hand. (Boston 1969, no. 6)
Collector's mark [L 727/ R. Dighton] appears in window.
Provenance
Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766), Bath and London, his sale 1767; British Museum (Duplicate), London; Robert Dighton (ca.1752-1814), London; Sir Henry S. Theobald (1847-1934), London, his sale Stuttgart, May 1910, bought by Meder; Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935), Berlin; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Harlow & Co., January 2 1923.
Associated names
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, former owner.
Gerstenberg, Otto, 1848-1935, former owner.
Meder, of Berlin, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Theobald, H. S. (Henry Studdy), Sir, 1847-1934, former owner.
Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766, former owner.
Gerstenberg, Otto, 1848-1935, former owner.
Meder, of Berlin, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Theobald, H. S. (Henry Studdy), Sir, 1847-1934, former owner.
Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice et al. Rembrandt, experimental etcher. Boston : Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, no. 6.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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