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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Blind Fiddler
1631
Etching on paper.
78 x 53 mm
RvR 215
NHD 77, VIII
Provenance:
Johann Karl Brünner (1738-1812), Frankfurt; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription:
Signed in monogram and dated lower center, "RHL 1631".
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Watermark: None.
The figure heavily and coarsely reworked with the burin by another hand.
Triangular seam at top of sleeve removed. Some lines along the top margin suggest that the plate was originally larger, and possibly contained another subject. (White and Boon)
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