Terms and conditions of use
Sheet of studies: head of the artist, beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc.
(1632)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933
- Gallery location
- Not on display
About this work
Throughout his career Rembrandt made a number of etchings emulating drawing sheets that combined separate studies in an informal composition. This type of drawing was highly prized by collectors, and it is now agreed that Rembrandt specifically made etchings in this manner to cater to this audience. It has been suggested, however, that this early etching was an experimental one that the artist did not release commercially. Only three known impressions of the first state survive, and it would appear, on the basis of watermarks, that the second state was only issued after the artist’s death.
Artwork Details
Felton Bequest, 1933
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Watermarks
- Watermark Form
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Horse and rider
- The Horse and Rider watermark is originally found in Italian papers in the late 15th century. The watermark depicts an armoured man in tournament and the addition of the post horn, as seen in this paper, are found in papers from Holland and England during the later half of the 17th century.
- Watermark and variant description
- Horse and rider - variant A.b. Rider with one hand on the horse's neck, the other holding a horn.
- Closely related watermark references
- Heawood 2807-17 (1658-67); Wiener 22:3 (1640); Gaudriaud p 103.
- Completeness
- partial
- Chain Line Interval
- 26 mm
- Laid Line Frequency
- 10/cm
- Placement and spacing of wires
- ? [26|26|26?]
- Wire Side
- verso
- Radiograph taken from
- verso
