Studies of the Head of Saskia and Others

1636

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a sketch with several bust-length portraits. The central portrait features a person with curly hair and detailed facial features. Surrounding this figure are five other individuals in different poses: an elderly person, a veiled figure, and three other figures. The portraits showcase distinct facial expressions and features like wavy hair and softly rendered eyes. The background is plain, drawing attention to the sketched figures. The artist's signature is visible beneath the central portraits, dating the work to 1635.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.1 x 12.7 cm (5 15/16 x 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.113

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 365, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albert Elliot McVitty (Lugt 1862c); Knoedler & Co. (Lugt 2007); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Parke-Bernet through Sessler 1949; given to the National Gallery of Art 1950

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 77, 64.

2000

  • Small Northern European Portraits from The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000, brochure checklist no. 43.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, repro.

2004

  • The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York, 2004.

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. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 157, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65082112

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