Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Clement de Jonghe, Printseller
1651
Etching, drypoint and burin on paper.
207 x 161 mm
Purchase.
1947.5
NHD number
NHD 264, III
Notes
Watermark: None.
Collector's signature and date in verso, "P. mariette. 1670". Also inscription in Mariette's hand, "Clement de Johnge marchand de tailles douces a Amsterdam 1668".
The shape of the hat has been made more regular and a hatband added. Additional work casts the right side of the sitter's features into deeper shadow. A framing arch has been sketchily indicated in drypoint. (Boston 1969, p. 55)
Collector's signature and date in verso, "P. mariette. 1670". Also inscription in Mariette's hand, "Clement de Johnge marchand de tailles douces a Amsterdam 1668".
The shape of the hat has been made more regular and a hatband added. Additional work casts the right side of the sitter's features into deeper shadow. A framing arch has been sketchily indicated in drypoint. (Boston 1969, p. 55)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated, "Rembrandt f. 1651".
Provenance
Pierre Mariette (1634-1716), Paris; John Heywood Hawkins (1803-1877), London and Bignor Park; Marsden Jasael Perry (1850-1937), Providence; Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935), Berlin; Mrs. Dudley Alcott; purchased from Richard Zinser, Forest Hills, New York, October 23, 1947.
Associated names
Alcott, Dudly, Mrs., former owner.
Gerstenberg, Otto, 1848-1935, former owner.
Hawkins, John Heywood, 1803-1877, former owner.
Mariette, Pierre Jean, 1694-1774, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1937, former owner.
Zinser, Richard H., former owner.
Gerstenberg, Otto, 1848-1935, former owner.
Hawkins, John Heywood, 1803-1877, former owner.
Mariette, Pierre Jean, 1694-1774, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1937, former owner.
Zinser, Richard H., former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice et al. Rembrandt, experimental etcher. Boston : Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, p. 55.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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