Woman with the Arrow

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Woman with the Arrow
1661
Etching and drypoint on paper.
205 x 123 mm
RvR 286
NHD 313, II
Provenance: 
Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859), London and Packington Hall, Warwickshire; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Bibliography: 
Stampfle, Felice et al. Rembrandt, experimental etcher. Boston : Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, no. 117.
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Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt f. 1661" ( the 'd' in reverse).

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Watermark: Fragment, letter "W".
Some additional shading on the woman's cheek, around her feet and on the curtain at the upper right. A clean wiped impression in which the work on the plate may be clearly seen. (Boston 1969, no. 117)
Watermark: lower point of shield with WR below.

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