Bearded Man in a Velvet Cap with a Jewel Clasp

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Bearded Man in a Velvet Cap with a Jewel Clasp, 1637

etching printed in black ink on laid paper

Details

Artist	Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Title	Bearded Man in a Velvet Cap with a Jewel Clasp
Date	1637
Medium	etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Dimensions	Plate: 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 inches (9.5 × 8.3 cm) Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 7/8 inches (12.1 × 9.8 cm)
Credit Line	Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
Accession Number	09.1S981
Department	Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View

Signed, Marks, Inscriptions

Signed	Signed and dated, in plate, upper left of image: Rembrandt \| f 1637
Marks	Watermark, center of image: A Stamp, verso: Scripps 1887 [added in ink to stamp]
Inscriptions	Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: Rembrandt Inscribed, lower left: B 313

Provenance

1887, C. J. Meyer (Carlsbad, USA).
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)