Old man in fanciful costume, dated 1643
panel (mahogany), oil paint, 72.5 x 58.5 cm
- Current attribution
- Rembrandt
Rembrandt
This painting is generally viewed as an autograph Rembrandt (see for instance: Bredius 1935, no. 185; Van Gelder 1950, p. 328; Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 6 (2015), no. 192). Only Tümpel expressed his doubts, regarding it as a painting from a pupil of Rembrandt (Tümpel 1986, no. A 39). - Date
dated 1643
In the early art-historical literature the painting is dated variously from c. 1632 (Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928, vol. 6 (1915), no. 457), c. 1633 (Bredius 1935, no. 185) and c. 1635 (Bauch 1966, no. 165). In 1950 Van Gelder mentioned that after cleaning the painting the date 1643 became visible (Van Gelder 1950, p. 328). Although not all art-historians are convinced of the authenticity of the painting, it is generally dated 1643 (Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 6 (2015), no. 192).
- Title
- Old man in fanciful costume
- Other/old title
- Old rabbi
- Genre
- Subject keywords
- Object
- Support/medium
- Shape/sizes
- 72.5 x 58.5 cm
- Physical relationship
It has been suggested that the 'Half-figure of a woman with a beret' of the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin (RKDimages no. 22201) is the pendant of the Woburn painting. Together the paintings could represent Boaz and Ruth (Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 6 (2015), no. 192 and 193).
- Collection(s)
- Private collection
Great Britain
- Private collection
- Exhibitions
- Rembrandt in eighteenth century England, Yale Center for British Art , 1983 - 1984, cat. no. 22
- An exhibition of paintings by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Scotland , 1950-08-20 - 1950-09-09, cat. no. 16
- Literature in RKDLibrary
- Scharf 1890, no. 413
- Smith 1829-1842, vol. 7 (1836), no. 325
- Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition), vol. 6 (1915), no. 457
- Bredius 1935, no. 185
- Edinburgh 1950, no. 16
- Van Gelder 1950, p. 328
- Bauch 1966, no. 165
- Gerson 1968, no. 243
- Bredius/Gerson 1969, no. 185
- White/Alexander/Oench 1983, p. 107, no. 22
- Schwartz 1984, p. 235, ill. 256
- Tümpel 1986, no. A 39
as by a pupil of Rembrandt - Slatkes 1992, no. 214
- Hirschfelder 2008, no. 486
- Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 6 (2015), no. 192
as Rembrandt
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