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Object Type
print
Museum number
Sheepshanks.6126
Description
Bust of an old bearded man, looking down, three-quarter turned to the left; second state with framing lines; copy in reverse after Rembrandt Etching
Producer name
After:
Rembrandt
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1700-1750
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
80 millimetres
Width:
64 millimetres
Curator's comments
For the original Rembrandt etching and comment see F,6.5.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(84)
(Rembrandt; copy c.II)
Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated
(47)
(copy undescribed)
White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue
(260)
(copy 3)
Bartsch-Claussin 1797-1828 / Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes de Rembrandt (plus Supplement)
(II.111.31)
Rovinski 1870 / Русские граверы и их произведения с 1564 года до основания Академии художеств
(60.31)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Sheepshanks
Acquisition date
1836
Acquisition notes
For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Sheepshanks.6126
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
S.6126