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Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands

A work made of soft ground etching from two plates, etching, aquatint, and roulette, with brush and grey wash, on paper.
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  • A work made of soft ground etching from two plates, etching, aquatint, and roulette, with brush and grey wash, on paper.

Date:

1826

Artist:

Christian Josi (Dutch, died 1828)
after Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Christian Josi

Title

Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

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1826

Medium

Soft ground etching from two plates, etching, aquatint, and roulette, with brush and grey wash, on paper

Inscriptions

Verso: inscribed in graphite: "2nd proof with the hard etching ground lines and roulette and a light tint of aquatinta - the border is washed with the brush. This was the best state of the plate"

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 37.7 × 27.4 cm (14 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 50.7 × 39.3 cm (20 × 15 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1940.955

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