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The second Oriental Head

Print
1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe second Oriental Head (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Etching by George and John Smith, 'The second Oriental Head', copy in reverse, after a work by Rembrandt, Chichester, 1770
Physical description
Etching depicting the head and shoulders of a man wearing a fur cap and coat, left side profile
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.7cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 12.6cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Production typeCopy
Marks and inscriptions
'Rembrandt geretuckert' (Signed in reverse)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
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).
Collection
Accession number
29640:23

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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