Jan Antonides van der Linden

1665

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This etching shows a man from the waist up positioned slightly facing the left. He has a calm expression, a prominent nose, fine eyebrows, short styled hair, and wears a dark garment with a white collar and cuffs. He holds an object in his right hand. The background has diagonal hatched lines and an architectural feature to his left, partially obscured by foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.6 x 10.3 cm (6 15/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.9 x 10.9 cm (7 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.2.63

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 264, State iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Remy (Lugt 2173); John Barnard (Lugt 1419); Edward Rudge (Lugt 900); Harris Whittemore (Lugt 1384a); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Richard Zinser 1943; given to the National Gallery of Art 1944

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 314, state iv/vii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024920

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