Sheet of Studies with the Head of the Artist, a Beggar Man, and Woman and Child

1651

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is a sketch showing the upper half of two figures. The central figure is a person facing forward with curly hair and eyes looking directly at the viewer. They are wearing loose-fitting clothing. To the left is another figure wearing a hat, shown in profile. Below, there is a sketch of a hand holding objects. The background is plain with slight shading and sketch lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.3 x 9.3 cm (4 1/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7230

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 370, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

D.G. de Arozarena, Paris (Lugt 109); Marsden Jasael Perry (1880); Siegfried Barden (Lugt 218); 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.

1961

  • Rembrandt's Etchings, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1962.

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. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 261, only.

Wikidata ID

Q65024802

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