Rembrandt

Illustration number 1001641577
Dimensions: 542x650 pixels
License under CC BY-NC-ND by Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020

Illustration number 1001251996
Dimensions: 539x650 pixels
License under PUB DOM

Illustration number IB00015323
Dimensions: 1724x2107 pixels
License undetermined

Illustration number 0000063094
Dimensions: 650x568 pixels
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Object information

Object category: painting
Support/medium: panel (oak), oil paint
Examination with x-radiography and infrared showed that this self portrait is painted on top of another (self)portrait which was probably painted around 1630 (Broekhoff/Van de Wetering 1996, p. 174-180).
Shape/dimensions: rectangle (portrait format) 70.4 x 58.8 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: Rembrandt ft. / 1642
In 1996 Van de Wetering and Broekhoff argued that both signature and date are authentic (Broekhoff/Van de Wetering 1996, p. 174-180)

Current attribution: Rembrandt
This painting was always regarded as an autograph Rembrandt until 1957. That year Winkler stated that the painting was completely overpainted by someone else than Rembrandt (Winkler 1957, p. 143). Gerson believed that Winkler's opinion was a bit "too strong", although he acknowledged that the painting "suffers somewhat from alterations" which he believed were done by Rembrandt himself (Bredius/Gerson 1969, no. 37). According to White the RRP rejected the attribution to Rembrandt in a letter dated 1972. In an unpublished examination report dated 1980-01-16, Herbert Lank concluded that this painting was a later imitation possibly made in the eighteenth century. This opinion was followed by White and published in the collection catalogue of 1982 (White 1982, no. 168, p. 111-112). Based on extensive stylistic and technical research Van de Wetering and Broekhoff argued that this painting is an autograph Rembrandt made in 1642, but that it is largely hidden under an extensive overpainting by another hand (Broekhoff/Van de Wetering 1996, p. 174-180). This attribution has since then generally been accepted (White et al. 1999, no. 57; White/De Sancha 2015, no. 168, p. 318-321).

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 1642 (1642)

In 1996 Van de Wetering and Broekhoff argued that both signature and date are authentic (Broekhoff/Van de Wetering 1996, p. 174-180)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Zelfportret met platte baret
English title: Self portrait in a flat cap
Genre: portrait
Keywords: portrait, man's portrait, self-portrait, bust-length portrait, head to the right, body facing right, facing front, curly hair, soul patch, pierced earring, beret, necklace

Represented

IB number Number related to the portrait iconography collection RKD.: 15323

Rembrandt van Rijn 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-04

Name

Rijn, Rembrandt van

Sex

Date/place of birth

Leiden (stad) 1606-07-15

Date/place of death

Amsterdam (stad) 1669-10-04

Occupation

Kunstschilder te Leiden en Amsterdam.

Marriage(s)

Sint Annaparochie 1634-06-27
Saskia van Uylenburgh

Identification based on: resemblance

Artistically related

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

copied in print by
Jean Geoffroy (1793-na 1848), Portret van Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)

Provenance

Collection(s)

private collection Thomas Baring (2nd Baronet), London
- 1814 this painting was bought from Thomas Baring by George IV in 1814 (White 1982, no. 168, p. 111-112)
private collection George IV (King of England), London (England)/Brighton (East Sussex)
1814 - this painting was acquired by the king of England, George IV, in 1814 with the Baring collection (White 1982, no. 168, p. 111-112)
The Royal Collection, Great Britain , inv./cat.nr RCIN 404120
1814 -

Auction(s)

Schley, Philippus van der (Amsterdam (city)) 1801-10-06 - 1801-11, lotnr. 55
Name buyer : A.E. Sterk , 1650 gulden

according to an annotation in a copy of the sale catalogue (RKD, The Hague) , probably part of this auction (White 1982, no. 168, p. 111-112); Lugt no. 6316: "Hoog 27 ½, breed 21 ½ [= 70.7 x 55.3 cm], Paneel. Het Afbeeldzel, van dien Beroemde Kunst Schilder, Levensgroote halver Lyf, in deftige ryke Kleeding, het Hoofd gedekt met een Mezetyne Muts, hy houd de Linkerhand in de Borst, en als met een ernstig gelaat iets beschouwende: dit Kunststuk, is helder en bevallig van Coloriet, en van een zeer uitvoerige Penceelsbehandeling, zynde een der schoonste van deeze Meester."

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

British Institution for promoting the fine arts in the United Kingdom [etc., 1814-1816, 1818-1821, 1823-1824] British Institution , London (England) , 1814 - 1824 , 1821, no. 89
Catalogue of his majesty's collection of pictures from Carlton House palace [1826] British Institution , London (England) , 1826 - 1827 , no. 11
Catalogue of his majesty's collection of pictures from Carlton House palace [1827] British Institution , London (England) , 1827 - 1828 , no. 133
Art treasures exhibition Art Treasures Palace , Manchester , 1857-05-05 - 1858 , no. 685
Exhibition of works by Rembrandt : winter exhibition, thirtieth year, MDCCCXCIX Royal Academy of Arts , London (England) , 1899-01-02 - 1899-03-10 , no. 70
Exhibition of the King's pictures, 1946-47 Royal Academy of Arts , London (England) , 1946-10-26 - 1947-03-16 , no. 304
Rembrandt : tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1956-05-18 - 1956-08-05 , no. 51
Rembrandt : tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606 Museum Boymans , Rotterdam (city) , 1956-08-08 - 1956-10-21 , no. 51
Rembrandt by himself National Gallery [London] , London (England) , 1999-06-09 - 1999-09-05 , no. 57
Rembrandt zelf Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis , The Hague (city) , 1999-09-25 - 2000-01-09 , no. 57
Enchanting the eye : Dutch paintings of the Golden Age Queen's Gallery/Palace of Holyroodhouse , Edinburgh , 2004-05-14 - 2004-11-07 , P. 140-143
Rembrandt : Genie auf der Suche Gemäldegalerie (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) , Berlin , 2006-08-04 - 2006-11-05 , no. 35

Literature

London 1814-1824 , 1821, no. 89
London 1826 , no. 11
London 1827 , no. 133
Smith 1829-1842 , vol. 7 (1836), no. 200
Waagen 1837-1838 , vol. 2 (1838), p. 160
Waagen 1854 , vol. 2, p. 5
London 1857 , no. 685
London 1899A , no. 70
Moes 1897-1905 , vol. 2 (1905), no. 6693:46
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , vol. 6 (1915), no. 555
Bredius 1935 , no. 37
London 1946A , no. 304
Van Schendel 1956 , no. 51
Winkler 1957 , p. 143
Bauch 1966 , no. 319
Gerson 1968 , no. 253
Harris et al. 1968 , p. 237
Bredius/Gerson 1969 , no. 37
White 1982 , no. 168, p. 111-112
Tümpel 1986 , no. A 69
Groen 1988 , p. 66-68
Slatkes 1992 , no. 257
Broekhoff/Van de Wetering 1996 , p. 174-180
White et al. 1999 , no. 57
Lloyd 2004 , p. 140-143
Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015 , vol. 4 (2005), no. IV 1
Kelch/Van de Wetering 2006 , no. 35
Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015 , vol. 6 (2015), no. 189
White/De Sancha 1982/2015 , no. 168, p. 318-321
Peter et al. 2016 , p. 23, 56, no. 15

M. Jonker and E. Bergvelt, Catalogue of Dulwich Picture Gallery. Dutch, Flemish and German Schools, with addenda to the British School, will be published online as a RKD Studies in 2020 [an enlarged version of Jonker & Bergvelt 2016], under DPG163 (Rembrandt; RKD, no. 40025), Related works, no. 9

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001641577)
BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001251996)
BD/RKD/1818 - IB/XVIIB on Rijn (img.nr. IB00015323)
, Original location BD/RKD/0612 - ONS/Portraits: Rembrandt and School (img.nr. 0000063094)

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.

17 hits in RKD technical, relating to:

Technical examination type

Research and restoration projects

conservation, 1901 1 hitsSurface-cleaned and varnished by F.H. Haines in 1901 (White/De Sancha 2015, no. 168, p. 318-321)
conservation, 1955 1 hitsinvolved_persons: Horace Buttery
"cleaned by Buttery in 1955" (White/De Sancha 2015, no. 168, p. 318-321)
conservation, 1971 1 hitsinvolved_persons: John Brealey
"minor treatment by John Brealey in 1971" (White/De Sancha 2015, no. 168, p. 318-321)
conservation, 1979 — 1980 3 hits"full conservation treatment in 1979-80" (White/De Sancha 2015, no. 168, p. 318-321)
conservation, 1999 2 hits"surface-cleaned and varnished in 1999" (White/De Sancha 2015, no. 168, p. 318-321)
research project Dutch Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 2013 — 2015 2 hits
involved_persons: Christopher White
Technical examination executed by R. de Sancha

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