Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Artist's Mother: Head Only, Full Face
1628
Etching on paper.
63 x 64 mm
RvR 469
NHD number
NHD 6, II
Notes
Watermark: None.
In the present impression the face is printed lighter than the cap.
Margins: 0.5-1.5 mm
One of two impressions of state II in the Library (see RvR 468).
In the present impression the face is printed lighter than the cap.
Margins: 0.5-1.5 mm
One of two impressions of state II in the Library (see RvR 468).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated, "RHL 1628" (the '2' reversed in state II).
Provenance
Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (1778-1864), Paris; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Associated names
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Robert-Dumesnil, A. P. F., 1778-1864, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Robert-Dumesnil, A. P. F., 1778-1864, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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