Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol: the Smaller Plate

c. 1658

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts two individuals captured from the waist up. The central figure is seated at a desk, turned slightly toward the viewer with papers in front of him, and he is using a quill in his right hand. This individual has a round face with a mustache and short, straight hair, and a small cap rests on his head. He wears a dark garment with a lighter inner shirt and prominent buttons. To his right stands a younger person with a curious expression, looking toward the seated figure. The child has longer hair and wears a dark top with a white collar. Surrounding the two figures is an interior setting featuring a window to the man's left, through which light filters, casting shadows. A candle and a drafting square are visible on the desk. On the wall behind them is artwork or religious imagery and architectural details, lending a sense of depth and ambiance to the space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.5 x 18.7 cm (10 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 27 x 20 cm (10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7165

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 282, State iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Barnard (Lugt 219); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Abraham S.W. Rosenbach; 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. 34.

1973

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

2001

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

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. 305, state iv/vii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024661

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