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Old Man, with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak
Old Man, with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak

Old Man, with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669)
Dateca. 1632
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 × 5 1/8 inches (14.91 × 13.03 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-69/49
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, January-February 1938, no cat.

Rembrandt van Rijn: The Graphic Works, Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, September 12-October 30, 1983, no cat.

Provenance

Charles Deering (1852–1927), Stiges, Spain, by 1927;

 

Possibly given to his daughters, Marion McCormick (née Deering, 1886-1965), DuPage County, IL, and Barbara Danielson (née Deering, 1888-1987), Miami, 1924 [1];

 

The Art Institute of Chicago, by May 30, 1930-April 1, 1932;

 

Purchased from the Art Institute of Chicago, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.

 

NOTES:

 

[1] According to the Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Deering gave his art collection to his daughters in 1924. They in turn donated many works to the Art Institute following his death in 1927.

Published References

Arthur Mayger Hind, A Catalogue of Rembrandt’s Etchings, vol. 1, Introduction and Catalogue (London: Methuen, 1923), no. 92, pp. v, 9, 22, 24n1, 45, 48n4, 66, as Old Man, with Flowing Beard, Fur Cap and Velvet Cloak.

Arthur Mayger Hind, A Catalogue of Rembrandt’s Etchings, vol. 2, Etchings (London: Methuen, 1923), no. 92, (repro.), as Old Man, with Flowing Beard, Fur Cap and Velvet Cloak.

Ludwig Münz, Rembrandt’s Etchings, 2 vols. (London: Phaidon, 1952), no. 42 II/III.

George Biörklund, Rembrandt’s Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated, 2nd ed. (Stockholm: 1968), no. BB. 32-2 II/III.

Karel G. Boon and Christopher White, Hollstein’s Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, vols. 18, Rembrandt van Rijn: Text (Amsterdam: Van Gendt, 1969), no. 262 II/III.

Karel G. Boon and Christopher White, Hollstein’s Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, vols. 19, Rembrandt van Rijn: Plates (Amsterdam: Van Gendt, 1969), no. 262 II/III.

George L. McKenna, Prints, 1460-1995 (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996), 276, as Old Man, with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak.

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