PrintsDutch17th century

The First Oriental Head

1635

Artists

Rembrandt Harmensz. van RijnArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching with plate tone on white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 15 × 12.4 cm (5 7/8 × 4 7/8 in.) sheet: 16.1 × 13.1 cm (6 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

Provenance

W. Ackermann. Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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