M872: Bearded Man, in a Furred Oriental Cap and Robe

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M872

People

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

Title

Bearded Man, in a Furred Oriental Cap and Robe

Other Titles

Former Title: Man with Short Beard and Fur Cap
Alternate Title: The Artist's Father

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1631

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/262264

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and engraving on white antique laid paper discolored to pale tan

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

plate: 14.7 × 12.4 cm (5 13/16 × 4 7/8 in.)
sheet: 15.2 × 12.9 cm (6 × 5 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: LB [Hinterding p. 83, LB.a.b. See p. 82;t this is the countermark of Foolscap with a five-pointed collar, K.a., which Hinterding, p. 389, dates to c. 1650.]
• inscription: verso, brown ink: Hillier / 1784 [See Lugt 1974, where a completely different mark is discussed as not being that of Nathaniel Hillier (1707-1783), a London print and drawing dealer. An estate sale of Hillier's stock, or collection, took place in 1784; presumably this inscription was made by the buyer of this impression, recording the purchase.]
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: H. W. [Hermann Weber {Lugt 1383)]
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accesion stamp (Lugt 936)] 872
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 263. Cl. 260. W 265.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mary Hemenway, by descent; to her heirs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1918

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

v/v

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 85, Bartsch 263, Hind 53, Rovinski 263

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway

Accession Year

1918

Object Number

M872

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

• Michael Fried, Manet's Modernism; or, The Face of Painting in the 1860s, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL, 1996), p. 145, fig. 70

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