Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Mann in breitkrempigem Hut
Artist
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1606 Leiden - Amsterdam 1669
Further information
Bartsch 311; White/Boon 311; Hinterding/Rutgers (The New Hollstein) 73 only state.
Provenance
Probably collection of Edward Rudge (comp. Lugt 900), verso with his name written in pencil.
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Description
A very fine impression, with touches of drypoint around the man's left eye and his moustache, and with many fine vertical wiping scratches; the plate was lost at an early stage. Thread margins. The figure depicted may well be Samuel Smitjers, the bookseller and art collector who died in 1644, whom Rembrandt may have encountered at auctions in Amsterdam in the 1630s. – Verso the upper corners are unobtrusively reinforced, otherwise in very good condition.
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