Bust of an Old Woman in a Furred Cloak and Heavy Headdress

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Bust of an Old Woman in a Furred Cloak and Heavy Headdress
ca. 1629
Etching, with touches of burin, on paper.
59 x 53 mm
RvR 472
NHD 25, VI
Provenance: 
John Barnard (d.1784), London; Jan Chalon (1738-1795), Amsterdam, Paris and London; Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), London and Fonthill; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
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Signed in monogram and dated upper left (not by Rembrandt), "RHL 1631" (in state II).

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Watermark: None.
The small white space above her left eye is shaded over with horizontals. (White and Boon)

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