A Bald Man in Profile (The Artist's Father?)

1630

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is an etching of a man's profile. The man is turned to the right, with his head slightly bowed. His facial features are prominent with a strong nose, and he has a partial beard. The man has a receding hairline, leaving a mostly bald head with hair only on the sides and lower back. He appears to be wearing a garment with a textured fabric, possibly a fur collar or coat. The background is filled with dense, swirling etching lines. The corner of the etching is signed and dated with an 'RL' monogram and the year '1630.'

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.7 x 5.7 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.) cut to platemark

  • Accession Number

    2011.114.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 292, iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Karl J. Gottstein, Vienna, early 20th century (Lugt 1956) (check); (his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 23-24 November 1925, no. 863). (P & D Colnaghi & Co., London). Associated American Artists, New York. Private Collection, United States. (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969: no. 292, iii/iii

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. 62, state v/v.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: RHL / 1630

Wikidata ID

Q76558901

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