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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Clement de Jonghe, Printseller
1651
Etching and drypoint on paper.
207 x 161 mm
RvR 371
NHD 264, IV
Provenance:
Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Inscription:
Signed and dated lower right, "Rembrandt f. 1651".
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Watermark: None.
The folds and contours of the costume have been reworked to give the sitter's body new weight and solidity. The arch shape has been elaborated in etching and now reads as a niche in the background wall where texture is further suggested by the accidental effects of rebiting. (Boston 1969, no. 35)
Wide margins.
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