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Etching

Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Head of an old man in a high fur cap; etching possibly by Rembrandt van Rijn

Object details

Object type
Etching
Materials and techniques
Etching, drypoint and burin
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
Head of an old man in a high fur cap; etching possibly by Rembrandt van Rijn
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 20.5cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Cut to width: 15.6cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides.
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797). B.270
  • 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).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated, (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.703

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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