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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Baptism of the Eunuch
1641
Etching, with touches of drypoint on paper.
178 x 213 mm
RvR 155
NHD 186, II
Provenance:
George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
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Signed and dated lower right, "Rembrandt.f 1641".
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Watermark: None.
Acts 8:26-39.
Cf. the drawing in Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Benesch 488). (White and Boon)
Further shading added to the waterfall and the bank on the right, with the burin.
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