Polander Leaning on a Stick

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Polander Leaning on a Stick
ca. 1631
Etching with touches of drypoint on paper.
82 x 43 mm
RvR 219
NHD 76, IX
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Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877), London and Trent; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
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Watermark: None.
Bank and trees between stick and leg burnished away. Some diagonal shading added to shadow on the left hand side of the trousers, and a few horizontal lines added to the shadow on the sleeve. (White and Boon)

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