Portrait of Aeltje Petersdr Uylenburgh, dated 1632
panel (oak), oil paint, 73.5 x 55 cm
- Current attribution
- Rembrandt
This painting has generally been accepted as an autograph work by Rembrandt. Only Tümpel doubted the attribution and listed the painting as workshop of Rembrandt (Tümpel 1986, no. A 104). - Date
- dated 1632
- IB-number
- 117312
- 1st Represented
- Representative
probably Aeltje Pietersdr. Uylenburgh- Identification status
Current- Tribal name
Uylenburgh- Death
1644- Aetatis
62 years
- Title
- Portrait of Aeltje Petersdr Uylenburgh
- Other/old title
- Portret van een 62-jarige vrouw
- In 2000, Van der Veen identified the sitter as Aeltje Petersdr Uylenburgh, the wife of Johannes Sylvius and cousin of Rembrandt's future wife Saskia van Uylenburgh. Since then, this identification has generally been accepted. (auction catalogue Christie's, 2000-12-13; see also Broos 2010, p. 89-107).
- Genre
- Subject keywords
- Object
- Support/medium
- Shape/sizes
- 73.5 x 55 cm
- Artistic relationship
- Collection(s)
- William G. Coesvelt
Broos 2010, p. 89-105 - John Smith
until 1835-07 - Albertus Brondgeest
from 1835-07 - James baron de Rothschild (1792-1868)
In his 1864 "L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt", Charles Blanc described the painting as in the possession of James the Rothschild, who had bought the painting at the auction of the "cabinet Périer" in Paris (Blanc 1859-1861, vol. 2 (1860), p. 371). However, according to Broos the painting is not mentioned in any auction catalogue of Périer (Broos 2010, p. 95).
until 1868 - Betty de Rothschild
by descent from her husband James de Rothschild (Broos 2010, p. 95-96)
1868 - 1886 - Alphonse James baron de Rothschild (1827-1905)
by descent from his mother Betty de Rothschild (Broos 2010, p. 96-97)
1886 - 1905 - Édouard de Rothschild
By descent from his father Alphonse de Rothschild.The painting was captured by the Germans during the Second World War, but returned to É. Rothschild (Broos 2010, p. 98-99).
1905 - 1949 - Batsheva barones de Rothschild
by descent from her father Édouard de Rothschild (Broos 2010, p. 99)
1949 - 2000-12-03 - Robert Noortman Gallery
2000-12-03 - 2005 - Rose-Marie en Eijk van Otterloo Collection
On loan to the Mauritshuis in The Hague from 2005 until 2008 (Buvelot 2010, p. 20-21) and to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston from 2008 until 2017.
2005 - 2017-10 - Museum of Fine Arts Boston
gift from Rose-Marie and Eijk de Mol van Otterloo
from 2017-10
- William G. Coesvelt
- Auction(s)
- Stanley , A truly valuable selection of Dutch and Flemish pictures, from cabinets of the highest celebrity on the continent; consisting of the genuine works of the most distinguished masters of those schools: the whole property of Mr. John Smith, of Great Marlborough Street, 1828-05-02 - 1828-05-03, lot number: 37
Lugt no. 11730: "The portrait of an interesting old Lady, said to be the painter's mother, at the age of 62"; bought in - Christie's , Important old master pictures, 2000-12-13, lot number: 52
Buyer: Maastricht Noortman Gallery, 19803750 GBP, Broos 2010, p. 100
- Stanley , A truly valuable selection of Dutch and Flemish pictures, from cabinets of the highest celebrity on the continent; consisting of the genuine works of the most distinguished masters of those schools: the whole property of Mr. John Smith, of Great Marlborough Street, 1828-05-02 - 1828-05-03, lot number: 37
- Exhibitions
- Golden : Dutch and Flemish masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Houston , 2011-11-13 - 2012-02-12, cat. no. 48
- Rembrandt's women, Royal Academy of Arts , 2001-09-22 - 2001-12-16, cat. no. 18
- Made in Holland: oude meesters uit een Amerikaanse privéverzameling, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis , 2010-11-04 - 2011-01-30, cat. no. 31
- Uylenburgh & Zoon : kunst en commercie van Rembrandt tot De Lairesse 1625-1675, Museum Het Rembrandthuis , 2006-09-16 - 2006-12-10, p. 138-140
- Rembrandt Rembrandt [Frankfurt, 2003], Städelsches Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main , 2003-02-01 - 2003-05-11, cat. no. 12
- Hollanders in beeld : portretten uit de Gouden Eeuw, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis , 2007-10-13 - 2008-01-13, cat. no. 52
- Rembrandt's women, National Gallery of Scotland , 2001-06-08 - 2001-09-02, cat. no. 18
- Golden : Dutch and Flemish masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , 2011-07-09 - 2011-10-02, cat. no. 48
- Rembrandt, Graphische Sammlung Albertina , 2004-03-26 - 2004-06-27, cat. no. 80
- Les chefs-d'oeuvre des collections privées françaises retrouvés en Allemagne, Orangerie des Tuileries , 1946-06 - 1946-08, cat. no. 79
- Golden : Dutch and Flemish masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection, Peabody Essex Museum , 2011-02-26 - 2011-06-19, cat. no. 48
- Literature in RKDLibrary
- Smith 1829-1842, vol. 7 (1836), no. 573
- Blanc 1859-1861, vol. 2 (1860), p. 451
- Vosmaer 1877, p. 495
- Bode 1883, p. 460
- Michel 1894, p. 435
- Bode/Hofstede de Groot 1897-1905, vol. 2 (1897), no. 85
- Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition), vol. 6 (1915), no. 877
- Bredius 1935, no. 333
- Paris 1946 (Récupération), no. 1946
- Bauch 1966, no. 461
- Gerson 1968, no. 127
- Bredius/Gerson 1969, no. 333
- Lecaldano/Arpino 1969, no. 92
- Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 2 (1986), no. A 63
- Tümpel 1986, no. A 104
as workshop of Rembrandt - Slatkes 1992, no. 181
- Lloyd Williams/Dudok van Heel 2001, no. 18
- Giltaij 2003, no. 12
- Buvelot 2005, p. 22-26
- Lammertse/Van der Veen 2006, p. 138-140, ill. 81
- Ekkart/Buvelot/De Winkel 2007, no. 52
- Buvelot 2010, no. 31, p. 90-91
- Broos 2010, p. 89-105
- Duparc et al. 2011, no. 48, p. 246-251
- Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 6 (2015), no. 75
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