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Bearded Man in a Velvet Cap with a Jewel Clasp
1637
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
1606-1669
Dutch
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 inches (9.5 × 8.3 cm) Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 7/8 inches (12.1 × 9.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S981
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, upper left of image: Rembrandt | f 1637
Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: Rembrandt Inscribed, lower left: B 313
Watermark, center of image: A Stamp, verso: Scripps 1887 [added in ink to stamp]
Provenance
1887, C. J. Meyer (Carlsbad, USA). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Bearded Man in a Velvet Cap with a Jewel Clasp, 1637, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S981.
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