Download image:
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Old Man Shading His Eyes with His Hand
ca. 1639
Etching and drypoint on paper.
138 x 115 mm
RvR 341
NHD 175, I
Provenance:
George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Notes:
Watermark: None.
Margins 0.5-2 mm
One of two impressions in the Library, both with limited dry-point tone (see RvR 342). The shading on the left side of the face is deeper than in RvR 342 and the eye is almost invisible.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
School:
Century:
Classification:
Department: