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Bald-headed Man in Profile right: the Artist's Father (?)
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Bald-headed Man in Profile right: the Artist's Father (?)
etching and drypoint
1630
on laid paper, with an unidentified watermark fragment
a very good impression of the fifth, final state
printing clearly and with good contrasts
just beginning to show minor wear in the densely hatched areas
with a thread margin above, trimmed inside the platemark elsewhere
the lower right corner restored
generally in good condition
Sheet 70 x 56 mm.
Bald-headed Man in Profile right: the Artist's Father (?)
etching and drypoint
1630
on laid paper, with an unidentified watermark fragment
a very good impression of the fifth, final state
printing clearly and with good contrasts
just beginning to show minor wear in the densely hatched areas
with a thread margin above, trimmed inside the platemark elsewhere
the lower right corner restored
generally in good condition
Sheet 70 x 56 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, partial stamp in blue ink.
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (Lugt 2681a, stamped twice, and with another related stamp); probably their duplicate sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 11-13 November 1930, lot 1397 (part lot) (Mk. 100; to Baerwald).
Emil M. Baerwald (1869-1948), New York and Berlin (without stamp, see Lugt 885c); C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 27-28 April 1931, lot 776 (with others).
Sotheby's, New York, 9 October 1970, lot 267 (with another).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (Lugt 2681a, stamped twice, and with another related stamp); probably their duplicate sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 11-13 November 1930, lot 1397 (part lot) (Mk. 100; to Baerwald).
Emil M. Baerwald (1869-1948), New York and Berlin (without stamp, see Lugt 885c); C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 27-28 April 1931, lot 776 (with others).
Sotheby's, New York, 9 October 1970, lot 267 (with another).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 292; Hind 23; New Hollstein 62 (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 334
Stogdon p. 334
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