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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3271
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak
Other Titles
Former Title: Old Man Seated, with Flowing Beard, Fur Cap and Velvet Cloak
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1627 - 1637
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/278976

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and engraving with slight plate tone on wove(?) paper, severely discolored and with foxing
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 14.9 × 13 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
sheet: 15.5 × 13.5 cm (6 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, brown ink: Petzold. [Benjamin Petzold (Lugt 2024)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA [linked] / Pr. [within circular border; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp] 3271
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Viellard a grande Barbe et bonnet fourre / B. 262.
  • inscription: in plate, at left edge, center: RHL. f.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Pezold.
W. Ackermann.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii (posthumous?)
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 92, Bartsch 262, Hind 92, Rovinski 262

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3271
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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