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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13399
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Man Wearing a Close Cap: Bust (The Artist's Father?)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Rembrandt's Father (?)
Former Title: Bust of a Man in Full Face, Wearing Close Cap
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1630
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/261771

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 7.6 × 6 cm (3 × 2 3/8 in.)
mount: 20.5 × 17 cm (8 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular border (Lugt 4707)]
  • collector's mark: recto, black stamp: flower form in a circle [Edward Astley (Lugt 2775)]
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp: DUBLETTE / DER / ALBERTINA [within a circle (Lugt 5g)]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Holl III [illeg.]. 08 / 309 IV / x 66800 / 1186 / A [2 digits, in a circle] / a66280
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,399

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957.
Edward Astley (Lugt 2775).
Albertina (Lugt 5g).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
viii/viii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 60, Bartsch 304, Hind 21

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13399
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707

Verification Level

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