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Description: | A reproduction produced by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Rembrandt. The drawing shows two studies of old men's heads. The man on the left is in drawn lightly, and has a long, bushy beard and a cap. The man on the right is drawn more heavily, and has a long beard and wears a tall hat. This drawing is on the same sheet as 1933.411.
Text from the accompanying booklet produced by the Vasari Society:
"No. 19
REMBRANDT
(b. 1606; d. 1669)
TWO STUDIES OF OLD MEN'S HEADS
British Museum, 1895-9-15-1265. From the Richardson Sen., Geloso, Reynolds, Utterson, and Malcolm Collections. H. de G. 918. Pen and sepia 8.2 x 9.4 cm. (3 3/16 x 4 11/16 in.).
The head on the left with a broad bread, and wearing a cap; hand on breast. The other with a double pointed beard, and in a high conical shaped hat bound in fur.
Another excellent example of the same type of work as the preceding number.
A. M. H."
Technique: REPRODUCTION
Reproduction by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Rembrandt, Two studies of old men's heads (1933.412). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.105282 | Go to resource |
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