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Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher,

Etching on cream laid paper

First state

Print impression quality: Very good

Dimensions (Plate): 166 x 140 mm (6.5 x 5.5 in.)

Signed in plate: “Rembrandt f 1633”

Accession number: 1941.D1.37

Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1941

Provenance / Collectors' marks: Carl Schloesser; Liphart; Edward Smith

Bibliography: Bartsch 266; H. 111; Münz 249; BB. 33H; White and Boon first state as before addition of fine parallel horizontal shading to upper left (extensive shading added to cap, collar, cloak, background).

Work Type: print

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• clergy
• portraits
• male portraits

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