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THE ORIGINAL OF CIRCA 1635, WITH SIGNATURE, ON PANEL, 47 X 62.5 CM, IS IN THE MAURITSHUIS, THE HAGUE (J. BRUYN ET.AL., A CORPUS OF REMBRANDT PAINTINGS, 1989, III, PP.626-632, NOC98, WITH ILL.). THE PICTURE WAS FORMERLY THOUGHT TO BE A SELF-PORTRAIT OF REMBRANDT; THIS HAS BEEN REJECTED BY THE REMBRANDT RESEARCH PROJECT (J. BRUYN ET.AL., OP. CIT., PP.626-632) IT WAS HIGHLY PRAISED THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES, AMONG OTHERS BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS AFTER SEEING IT IN THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM V IN 1781. THE PICTURE WAS FREQUENTLY COPIED. C. WRIGHT, REMBRANDT: SELF-PORTRAITS, 1982, P.41, NO22. FIG. 49, LISTS FIVE VARIOUS COPIES AND A DRAWING BY FRAGONARD.