Jan Asselijn

c. 1647

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a portrait of a man seated and facing slightly to the left. His upper body is visible from the waist up. The man wears a broad-brimmed hat and long, curly hair. He has a mustache, a direct gaze, and wears a dark garment with a lighter collar and cuffs. His left arm rests on a ledge with documents or books. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.4 x 17 cm (8 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.4 x 17.9 cm (8 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7138

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 277, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Mariette II (similar to Lugt 17901); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b), purchased from Knoedler & Co., 1929; given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 25.

1971

  • A Selection of 17th Century Intaglio Prints from the National Gallery of Art , Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971-1972, no. 30, repro.

1973

  • Etchings by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no catalogue.

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. 236, state ii/vii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024603

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