The Artist's Mother with Her Hand on Her Chest

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Artist's Mother with Her Hand on Her Chest
1631
Etching on paper.
94 x 66 mm
RvR 465
NHD 87, II
Provenance: 
Sir Thomas William Holburne ? (1793-1874), Bath; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
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Signed in monogram and dated lower center, "RHL 1631".

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Watermark: None.
The eyes and the right cheek retouched; the shadow strengthened by vertical lines. Further shading added beneath the hand. (White and Boon)

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