The Second Oriental Head

c. 1635

Dutch 17th Century

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Rembrandt van Rijn and Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn after Jan Lievens

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.116

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 287, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heneage Finch Earl of Aylesford (Lugt 58); G.J. Morant (Lugt 1823); Albert Elliot McVitty (Lugt 1862c); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Parke-Bernet through Sessler; given to the National Gallery of Art 1950

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 100.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 74, 64.

2012

  • The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 150, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65082118

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