The Artist's Mother Seated, in an Oriental Headdress

1631

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows an older woman seated and facing slightly to the right. Her head is in profile view and she has distinct facial features, including a prominent nose and cheekbones. She has long hair pulled back with some strands falling behind her. She wears a textured garment, possibly fur or velvet, with a high collar. Her hands are folded in her lap. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.168

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 348, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Edward Astley (Lugt 2774); Eldridge R. Johnson [1867-1945], Moorestown, NJ; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Parke-Bernet through Rosenbach 1946; given to the National Gallery of Art 1946

Associated Names

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. 86, state i/vi.

Wikidata ID

Q65082042

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