Jan Asselijn

c. 1647

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a man's upper body in a seated position. He is facing slightly to his left with a long face, pronounced cheekbones, a pointed nose, and a small mustache. His hair curls down to his shoulders, and he wears a tall, wide-brimmed hat, a dark coat, and a white shirt. His right arm rests on a surface where books or papers are stacked. The background is plain and textured.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 21.5 x 17 cm (8 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7137

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 277, State i-ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1947

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Frans Hals and Rembrandt, Los Angeles County Museum, 1947, no. 16.

1962

  • Prints of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1962, no. 19.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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 ii/vii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024602

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