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Grotesque profile: man in a high cap: AD.12.39-373

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Grotesque profile: man in a high cap

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (School of)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

17th Century
Production date: circa AD 1631

Note

III/IV. Plate reworked by an early pupil after Rembrandt.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 38 mm Width 25 mm
Sheet Height 51 mm Width 47.5 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.12.39-373
Primary reference Number: 82056
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): B326 III/III
Biörklund/Barnard: BB31-14 III/IV
Old location number: 38.2.7b

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 27 June 2022

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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