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Formerly attributed to Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Hour of Death
before 1644 (?)
Etching on paper.
133 x 88 mm
RvR 172
Provenance:
Johann Carl Diedrich Hebich (1818-1891), Hamburg; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
Bibliography:
Sloten, Leonore van. Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680), Esten in eigen huis/etchings in the artist's home. Amsterdam : Museum Van Loon, 2000, no. 23.
Inscription:
Signed, "/BoL" (in mirror image on spade, at bottom center).
Notes:
Not by Rembrandt - cf. F. Bol (Hollstein 18). (White and Boon)
Rejected by all authorities except Bartsch and Gersaint.
Attributed to Ferdinand Bol. ('Ferdinand Bol: Etsen in eigen huis/Etchings in the artist's home', exhibition catalogue by Leonore van Sloten, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam 2000, no. 23)
One of two impressions in the Library, this one is an earlier state than RvR 173.
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