Jan Asselijn

c. 1647

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows an upper-body portrait of a man sitting down. He is slightly oriented to the right but facing the viewer. The man has a mustache, long, wavy hair, and a calm expression. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a dark, heavy coat with a visible collar. His right arm rests on books placed on a table beside him. The background is plain with a light color and some texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1865

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 277, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased at the Hollstein and Puppel Sale 1929; given to the National Gallery of Art 1964

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Art in the Making, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1966.

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. 236, state iv/vii.

Wikidata ID

Q65511748

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