Rembrandt or after Rembrandt

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Illustration number 0000271879
Dimensions: 497x650 pixels
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Illustration number 0000145689
Dimensions: 2671x3461 pixels
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Object information

Object category: painting
Support/medium: panel (oak), oil paint
Shape/dimensions: rectangle (portrait format) 60 x 48 cm

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

signed and dated center right: Rembrant fc. 1631
on the letter on the wall. The RRP rejected the signature and date as authentic in 1982 because in 1631 Rembrandt used invariably the RHL monogram, except for the "Artist in oriental costume" in the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris. In 2015 the RRP argued in favour of the authenticity of the signature assuming that Rembrandt antedated both paintings while signing with his first name , which he started using in 1632.

Current attribution: Rembrandt
: or after Rembrandt
This painting was always considered to be an autograph Rembrandt until doubted by Wurzbach in 1882. He considered it to be an old forgery (Wurzbach 1882). However, for most authors the attribution to Rembrandt remained undisputed. In 1982 the members of the RRP questioned Rembrandt's authorship of the painting stating that it is an old copy of a lost original (Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 1 (1982), no. C 17). In the sixth volume of the Corpus the painting is reattributed to Rembrandt (Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 6 (2015), no. 85).

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: dated 1631 (1631)

Dendrochronological analysis showed that the panel was ready for use in 1624, but that a date in or after 1630 is more plausible (Cavalli-Björkman/Fryns/Sidén 2005, no. 423).

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Een oude geleerde in een gewelfde ruimte
Other (former) title Other title(s) or name(s) which the work of art has had, or by which it is also known. This sometimes involves rejected identifications of the subject or sitter.: Saint Anastasius
English title: An old scholar in a vaulted room
Genre: genre
Keywords: genre, one human figure, full-length portrait, sitting, old man, scholar, beard, skullcap, banyan, reading, book, letter (correspondence), footstove, fire pot, table, oriental tablecloth, chair, altar, crucifix, leaded window, window, door, background view of another room (interior), drapery (representation), vault, wooden floor, stone floor
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 49C32
scholar in his study
: Because of the reproduction of Pieter de Bailliu the subject of the painting has often been interpreted as Saint Anastasius. However, most scholars believe that Rembrandt did not depict an individual saint on the Stockholm painting (see for instance: Bredius 1935, no. 430; Bauch 1966, no. 135; Kirschbaum/Bandmann 1968-1976, vol. 5 (1973), p. 135; Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 1 (1982), no. C 17; Rønberg/Pedersen/Van de Wetering 2006, no. 3).

Artistically related

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

after unknown original
Rembrandt
In 1982 the members of the RRP stated that the painting of the Nationalmuseum Stockholm is a copy after a lost original (Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 1 (1982), no. C 17).
copied in print by
Pieter de Bailliu (I)
reproduces the painting in reverse; inscribed: "Rembrand van Rhijn Invent. - S. ANASTASIUS. - Petrus de Balliu Sculpsit. / C. Danckertz excudit" (Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 1 (1982), no. C 17)

Provenance

Collection(s)

private collection M.D. van Eversdijck, The Hague
- 1766-05-28 date of auction
private collection Lucas von Breda (II), Stockholm
private collection Louise Ulrike of Prussia (Queen of Sweden), Stockholm , inv./cat.nr 274 (1760)
private collection Gustav III (king of Sweden), Stockholm , inv./cat.nr 57 (1792)
- 1792
Nationalmuseum Stockholm, Stockholm , inv./cat.nr NM 579
from 1792 in the Royal Museum in Stockholm, transferred to the Nationalmuseum in 1866
1792 -

Auction(s)

Franken, A. (The Hague (city)) 1766-05-28, lotnr. 83
Contributor M. D. van Eversdijck
131 gulden

according to an annotation in a copy of the sale catalogue (RKD, The Hage) , Lugt no. 1546: "Rembrant van R yn. Een oud Mannetje voor een Venster by Zyn Tafel, waar op een Tapyt, Boek &c. uitmuntend fraay. P. Breet IV. 6 D. Hoog I V. I I D. [ =47 x 60. I cm ]"

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

För Rembrandts land Nationalmuseum Stockholm , Stockholm (city) , 1945-01 - 1945-02 , cat. no. 31
Rembrandt : sextiosex bilder från utställningen i nationaluseum Nationalmuseum Stockholm , Stockholm (city) , 1956-01-12 - 1956-04-15 , cat. no. 8
Rembrandt : tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1956-05-18 - 1956-08-05 , cat. no. 15
Rembrandt : tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606 Museum Boymans , Rotterdam (city) , 1956-08-08 - 1956-10-21 , cat. no. 15
Holländska mästare i Svensk ägo Nationalmuseum Stockholm , Stockholm (city) , 1967-03-03 - 1967-04-30 , cat. no. 129
Rembrandt och hans tid : människan i centrum = Rembrandt and his age : focus on man Nationalmuseum Stockholm , Stockholm (city) , 1992-10-02 - 1993-01-06 , cat. no. 66
Falskt & äkta Nationalmuseum Stockholm , Stockholm (city) , 2004-02-26 - 2004-05-23 , cat. no. 7
Rembrandt? : the master and his workshop Statens Museum for Kunst , Copenhagen , 2006-02-04 - 2006-05-14 , cat. no. 3

Literature

Bode 1883 , p. 385, 605, no. 361
Stockholm 1883 , p. 45
Göthe 1887-1897 , vol. 1 (1887), p. 206
Bode/Hofstede de Groot 1897-1905 , no. 40
Rosenberg/Valentiner 1909 , p. 19
Göthe 1910 , p. 279-280, no. 579 , as Saint Anastase
Granberg 1911-1913 , vol. 2 (1912), no. 351
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , vol. 6 (1915), no. 186
Weisbach 1926 , p. 147-149
Stockholm 1928 , p. 120
Granberg 1929-1931 , vol. 2 (1930), p. 165
Granberg 1929-1931 , vol. 3 (1931), p. 8, 97
Bredius 1935 , no. 430
Stockholm 1945 , no. 31
Van Schendel 1956 , no. 15
Nordenfalk 1956 , no. 8
Stockholm 1958 , p. 163, no. 579
Bauch 1960 , p. 151-152
Goldscheider 1960 , p. 162, no. 4
Bauch 1966 , no. 135
Grate 1967 , no. 129
Gerson 1968 , no. 26
Bredius/Gerson 1969 , no. 430
Lecaldano/Arpino 1969 , no. 56
Kirschbaum/Bandmann 1968-1976 , vol. 5 (1973), p. 135
Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015 , vol. 1 (1982), no. C 17 , as follower or studio of Rembrandt, possibly copy after Rembrandt
Utrecht 1982 , p. 49
Schwartz 1985 , p. 104
Tümpel 1986 , no. K 1
Guillaud/Guillaud 1986 , p. 502-503
Stockholm 1990 , p. 291 , as school of Rembrandt
Cavalli-Björkman et al. 1992 , no. 66 , as Rembrandt school
Cavalli-Björkman 2004 , p. 39-40, no. 7
Van Straten/Moerman 2005 , p. 219 , as copy after Rembrandt
Cavalli-Björkman/Fryklund/Sidén 2005 , p. 421-423 , as follower of Rembrandt
Rønberg/Pedersen/Van de Wetering 2006 , no. 3 , as school of Rembrandt
Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015 , vol. 5 (2010), p. 196 , as copy after Rembrandt
Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015 , vol. 6 (2015), no. 85* , as Rembrandt
Van de Wetering 2016 , p. 157

A. von Wurzbach, 'Der heilige Anastasius von Rembrandt', Zeitschrift fur bildende kunst 7 (1882), p. 58- 60
D.S. Meldrum, Rembrandt's painting : with an essay on his life and work, New York 1923, p. 47, 81, 186

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 0000271879)
, Original location BD/RKD/0552 - ONS/Genre 1: General (img.nr. 0000145689)

Project: The Rembrandt Database

Technical documentation

The RKD manages a collection of technical documentation that has been given to us by external researchers and museums or which stems from the RKD's own research with infrared reflectography. Documentation can be accessed by appointment at the RKD. While not all technical documentation has been entered in the database at present, new data is added on a regular basis.

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Research and restoration projects

exhibition Rembrandt : tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606, 1956 1 hits
During the exhibition X-rays were made of a lot of the exhibited paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

External links: Website Nationalmuseum

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