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Rembrandt in Cap and Scarf:The Face Dark:Bust.
1633
Medium
etching
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1961
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
H.108.II,Holl.17.II.
Accession Number
1000-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Costume Portraits
Subjects (specific)
artists (visual artists) busts (general, figures) chiaroscuro hats printmakers Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn self-portraits three-quarter views
Movements
Baroque
Watermarks
Watermark Form
Arms of Amsterdam 
The Arms of Amsterdam motif was a popular watermark in the Netherlands and closely resembles the city's coat of arms today. The three Saint Andrew's crosses represent Amsterdam, and the two rampant lions represent the Netherlands. It is likely this paper was manufactured in France for the Dutch market, as many papers of this time were imported to the Netherlands from nearby countries.
Watermark and variant description
Arms of Amsterdam - variant D.d.a. Shield with three vertical fields, three St Andrew's crosses vertically in the central one. The shield supported by two lions rampant and surmounted by a crown with no decorations on the outside of the crown. The bottom of the shield level with lions' feet. The lions are not standing on a platform.
Closely related watermark references
Churchill 56 (1768), 69 (ND);
Heawood 407 (ND, blank paper at PMA).
Completeness
partial
Chain Line Interval
24-25 mm
Laid Line Frequency
10 per cm
Placement and spacing of wires
? [? |24|13] x 12
Wire Side
verso
Radiograph taken from
verso