Jan Lievens

Dutch, 1607 - 1674

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Jan Lievens, Pieter de Bailliu, Bust of a Young Man in Profile, Facing Right, c. 1631, etching on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.63.3

Bust of a Young Man in Profile, Facing Right

Jan Lievens, Pieter de Bailliu · c. 1631 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.63.3

Shown from the shoulders up, a bearded man with wrinkles lining his pale-skinned face looks up and to our left, toward a bright light source, in this vertical portrait painting. His shoulders are angled to our left, and he tips his head slightly back so his face turns toward us. He looks up from the corners of his gray eyes under bushy brows. A soft gray cap, pushed back high over the crown of his head, frames his face over a few tuffs of charcoal-gray hair on his high forehead. His brows are furrowed and his hollow cheeks ruddy. He has a silvery gray mustache, and his long, full beard falls to his chest. Lines have been incised in the gray and white paint of his beard to reveal an underlayer of rust orange. His slate-gray tunic is streaked with fawn brown to create highlights. The background is painted with blended strokes of leather brown and touches of golden orange, and it lightens around the man’s head.
Jan Lievens, Bearded Man with a Beret, c. 1630, oil on panel, Gift of George M. and Linda H. Kaufman, 2006.172.1

Bearded Man with a Beret

Jan Lievens · c. 1630 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  2006.172.1

Jan Lievens, Pieter de Bailliu, Bust of a Bearded Old Man, probably early 1630s, etching and engraving on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1994.19.2

Bust of a Bearded Old Man

Jan Lievens, Pieter de Bailliu · probably early 1630s · etching and engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1994.19.2

Jan Lievens, Deer Park, brush and brown ink, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1978.19.5

Deer Park

Jan Lievens · · brush and brown ink ·  Accession ID  1978.19.5

Jan Lievens, Ephraim Bonus, etching on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2005.18.1

Ephraim Bonus

Jan Lievens · · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2005.18.1

Jan Lievens, Bust of a Balding Man, chiaroscuro woodcut with light brown tone block, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.9063

Bust of a Balding Man

Jan Lievens · · chiaroscuro woodcut with light brown tone block ·  Accession ID  1943.3.9063

Jan Lievens, River God with an Eagle, pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1981.32.1

River God with an Eagle

Jan Lievens · · pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1981.32.1

Jan Lievens, Bust of a Man with Thick Lips, etching, Rosenwald Collection, 1980.45.2292

Bust of a Man with Thick Lips

Jan Lievens · · etching ·  Accession ID  1980.45.2292

Jan Lievens, Bust of a Cook with Cap, etching, Rosenwald Collection, 1980.45.2291

Bust of a Cook with Cap

Jan Lievens · · etching ·  Accession ID  1980.45.2291

Jan Lievens, Saint Anthony, etching, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1974.55.11

Saint Anthony

Jan Lievens · · etching ·  Accession ID  1974.55.11

Bibliography

1641

  • Orlers, Jan Jansz. Beschrijvinge der Stadt Leyden. 2nd. ed. Leiden, 1641: 375-377.

1753

  • Houbraken, Arnold. De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlantsche Konstschilders en Schilderessen. 3 vols. in 1. The Hague, 1753 (Reprint: Amsterdam, 1976): 1:296-301.

1973

  • Schneider, Hans. Jan Lievens: Sein Leben und seine Werke. Supplement by Rudolf E.O. Ekkart. Reprint of Haarlem 1932 ed. Amsterdam, 1973.

1979

  • Ekkart, Rudolf E.O., Sabine Jacob, and Rüdiger Klessmann. Jan Lievens: ein Maler im Schatten Rembrandts. Exh. cat. Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig, 1979.

1983

  • Sumowski, Werner. Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler. 6 vols. Landau, 1983: 3:1764-1950; 6:3726-3730.

2008

  • Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Jan Lievens: a Dutch master rediscovered. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam; Milwaukee Art Museum. New Haven, 2008.