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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn (b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam) |
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Cornelis Claesz. Anslo1640Red chalk, brown and black ink and wash, 246 x 201 mm Musée du Louvre, Paris | |
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Catalogue number: Benesch 759. Cornelis Claesz. Anslo (1592-1646) was an Amsterdam cloth merchant and Mennonite preacher. Rembrandt was commissioned to paint him and his wife Aeltje Gerritsdr. Schouten. This drawing is a study for the portrait. | |
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