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The second Oriental Head

Print
1770 (published)
Artist/Maker
Smith, John (print-makers)
Smith, George (print-makers)
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Boydell, John (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Etching depicting the head and shoulders of a man wearing a fur cap and coat, left side profile


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Copies and Facsimiles
Object type
print
Titles
  • The second Oriental Head (published title)
  • A Collection of Fifty-Three Prints, consisting of Etchings and Engravings by those ingenious artists Messrs. George and John Smith of Chichester, After thier own Paintings and other Masters (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by George and John Smith of Chichester, 'The second Oriental Head', copy in reverse, after a work by Rembrandt, from a volume comprising a collection of etchings and engravings by George and John Smith of Chichester, London, 1770
Physical description
Etching depicting the head and shoulders of a man wearing a fur cap and coat, left side profile
Dimensions
  • Print cut to height: 14.6cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Print cut to width: 12.4cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Volume height: 37cm
  • Volume width: 29.5cm
Production typeCopy
Marks and inscriptions
'Rembrandt geretuckert' (Signed in reverse)
Subjects depicted
Man's Head
Caps (Headgear)
Coats
Fur Fabric
Associated object
29640:23 (Copy)
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Taken from Register of Engravings 1902-1904
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4997-1903

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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