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The Second Oriental Head
1635
Not on view
It is not known what inspired Rembrandt in 1635 to create what came to be known as the four �Oriental Heads,� four etched copies of tronies by Jan Lievens.� A curiously worded inscription along the upper edge reading �Rembrandt geretuckeert� (�retouched by Rembrandt�) has led some scholars to attribute these plates to the artist's students, but the majority now accept them as the work of Rembrandt himself.
- After
- Jan Lievens (1607-1674)
- Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
- Title
- The Second Oriental Head
- Date
- 1635
- Object Type
- Prints
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Image: 140 x 105 mm (5 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.) Cropped
- Credit Line
- Bruno and Sadie Adriani Collection
- Accession Number
- 1959.40.11