Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Petrus Sylvius?)
1637
Etching on paper.
97 x 84 mm
RvR 358
NHD number
NHD 164, II
Notes
Watermark: None.
F. Schmidt-Degener suggested that the etching is a portrait of Ferdinand Bol (see "Catalogus van de Verzameling Etsen van Rembrandt in het bezit van I. de Bruijn", The Hague, 1932, p. 230); cf. Bol's 'Self-Portrait' in the collection of the Duke of Newcastle, Burlington Magazine, 1923 (xlii) p.72. (White and Boon)
The second outline of the cap and the shading on the left cheek removed. (White and Boon)
F. Schmidt-Degener suggested that the etching is a portrait of Ferdinand Bol (see "Catalogus van de Verzameling Etsen van Rembrandt in het bezit van I. de Bruijn", The Hague, 1932, p. 230); cf. Bol's 'Self-Portrait' in the collection of the Duke of Newcastle, Burlington Magazine, 1923 (xlii) p.72. (White and Boon)
The second outline of the cap and the shading on the left cheek removed. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated upper left, "Rembrandt f 1637".
Provenance
George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); form whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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