Jan Six

1647

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts a person standing in a relaxed pose in an interior setting. They are leaning against a large window that is partially open, holding a book in front of them. The individual has wavy, shoulder-length hair and is dressed in a 17th-century style outfit. The room contains a chair draped with fabric, a sword hanging on the wall, and a framed object. Heavy curtains frame the window, revealing an architectural wall outside.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Accession Number

    1949.1.46

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 285, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina Museum, duplicate (Lugt 5g). (Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1926 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871 - 1948], New York; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

2002

  • Art and Home: Dutch Interiors in the Age of RembrandtDenver Art Museum; The Newark Museum, 2002, no. 13.

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. 238, state v/v.

Wikidata ID

Q65082084

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