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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.351
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Head of an Old Man in a High Fur Cap
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1629
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370312

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 4.5 × 3.2 cm (1 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
sheet: 4.7 × 3.5 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black ink stamp: B.B. [encircled] [not in Lugt]
  • inscription: verso: [illegible] / 85 299. / [illegible]
  • inscription: old mat: Van Vliet or Hoogstraten / Münz accepts it as genuine / Rembrandt / [in another hand:] Bartsch 299

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Unidentified collector (B.B.), not in Lugt. [Craddock & Barnard, London] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon (Mrs. Hugh Matthews), Cambridge, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
White/Boon 299; Hollstein 135; New Hollstein 37

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.351
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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