Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Flute Player
1642
Etching and drypoint on paper.
116 x 143 mm
RvR 267
NHD number
NHD 211, IV
Notes
The face, which previously appeared in the tree to the right of the top of young man's oar, burnished out and replaced by shading. The bank at the lower right redrawn in drypoint. The plants beside the river at the lower left have been partly burnished out, and redrawn further back. The area beside the upper part of the left margin, previously only lightly shaded with parallel diagonal lines, now closely worked with cross-hatching. (White and Boon)
Trimmed within the platemark.
Trimmed within the platemark.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower center, in drypoint, "Rembrandt. f 1642" (the '2' in reverse).
Watermark: Foolscap with five points over "4" and three balls.
Watermark: Foolscap with five points over "4" and three balls.
Provenance
Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London and Dalkeith; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Buccleuch, Walter Francis Scott, Duke of, 1806-1884, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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