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44 - Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn,
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch 1606-1669- Bust of a woman ('The White Negress', c.1630); etching on laid paper, trimmed within the plate, 8.6 x 7.3 cm. Provenance: with The Halcyon Gallery. with Harrods, Knightsbridge; where purchased by the present owner (A Distinguished British Private Collection)in 2005. Note: This print was created by Rembrandt early in his career, when he was still living and working in Leiden. Formerly known as 'Het Moorinnetje' ('The Mooress'), the print was referred to by Edmé-François Gersaint (1694-1750), the first cataloguer of Rembrandt's prints, as 'Mauresse blanche', a title which stuck in English literature as 'The White Negress'. The identity of the present sitter is unknown, but Rembrandt's friend and rival in Leiden, Jan Lievens (1607-1674), produced an etching generally known as 'Head of a Moorish Woman' of a similar size, which seems to depict the same unidentified woman.
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