The artist's mother in widow's dress and black gloves, school of Rembrandt

An image of The artist's mother in widow's dress and black gloves. Unknown printmaker. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 149 mm, width, plate, 116 mm; height, sheet, 152 mm, width, sheet, 120 mm, circa 1632. Production Note: Only state. Notes: Hollstein suggested that this print may have been executed by an early pupil, such as Karel van der Pluym. It is a modified reverse copy of 'The artist's mother seated at a at a table, looking right: Three quarter length' (approx. 1631), and if by an early pupil, can probably be dated to around 1632. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B344 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB Rej.71 Only state; 1955.

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The artist's mother in widow's dress and black gloves. Unknown printmaker. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 149 mm, width, plate, 116 mm; height, sheet, 152 mm, width, sheet, 120 mm, circa 1632. Production Note: Only state. Notes: Hollstein suggested that this print may have been executed by an early pupil, such as Karel van der Pluym. It is a modified reverse copy of 'The artist's mother seated at a at a table, looking right: Three quarter length' (approx. 1631), and if by an early pupil, can probably be dated to around 1632. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B344 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB Rej.71 Only state; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-209
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 809 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 789.73kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:13 10:22:15

Key words

17th Century aged black dress clothes clothing collar dress Dutch elderly etching fashion female Fitz_PDP fur cape fur collar fur lined furs gloves hair head-dress headdress high collar mother old old age old lady old woman portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn seated sitting widow woman

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