Jan Cornelisz Sylvius, the Preacher

1644/1645

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

In this sketch, a person is portrayed as an upper body illustration, seated and leaning slightly forward. The person appears to be of older age, with a prominent nose and long hair that flows down past their shoulders. The person is wearing a loose, flowing garment, perhaps a robe or cloak. They are situated in front of an easel or stand and seem to be holding a brush or some implement in their hand, poised as if in the act of creating or writing. The background is plain and unadorned, focusing attention on the subject and their activities, with no additional objects or details visible in the environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 13.3 x 12.2 cm (5 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1959.16.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, no. 762

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); NGA LJR (L.Supp.1932d)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 2.

1960

  • Rembrandt Drawings from American Collections, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY; and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1960, no. 42, repro.

1962

  • Drawings from the National Gallery of Art Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962, no cat.

1966

  • Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no cat.

  • Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no cat.

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. 29, 36, repro.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2016

  • Drawings for Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris, 2016-2017, no. 67

2018

  • Rembrandt: Painter as Printmaker, Denver Art Museum, 2018-2019.

Bibliography

1969

  • National Gallery of Art. Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art: Commemorating the tercentenary of the artist's death. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1969:36, no. 29, repro.

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.): no. 762

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 668, no. 1061, color repro.

1992

  • Royalton-Kisch, Martin. Drawings by Rembrandt and His Circle in the British Museum. London, 1992: 117.

2009

  • Royalton-Kisch, Martin. Catalogue of Drawings by Rembrandt and His School in the British Museum. London, 2009, under no. 37A (accessed 12/7/2015).

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: across top almost illegible: den een aeltyden rids ofte / naer Chrisstum gaende

Markings

recto: Friedrich August II (Lugt 971)

Wikidata ID

Q64620313

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