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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Circumcision: Small Plate
ca. 1630
Etching, with touches of drypoint on paper.
Plate Mark: 88 x 64 mm
RvR 74
NHD 55
Provenance:
Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
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Watermark: None.
Luke 2:21.
Less heavily inked and less contrast than RvR 75.
One of two impressions in the Library (see RvR 75).
Only one state according to Hind.
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