Sunday 6 July 2014

Rembrandt – part 8


Rembrandt Holding a Falcon ( School of Rembrandt ) 
etching 12.1 x 9.7 cm  
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 – 1669) is considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art and the most important in Dutch history. Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt’s later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high, and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters. His greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. His self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity.

This is part 8 of a 14 - part post on the works of Rembrandt. For full biographical notes see part 1, the introduction. For earlier works, see parts 2 - 7 also.



1637 A Polish Nobleman 
oil on panel 96.8 x 66 cm 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1637 Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael 
etching on paper 12.7 x 9.6 cm

1637 An Elephant 23.3 x 35.4 cm 
Albertina, Vienna, Austria

1637 An Elephant 
charcoal on paper 17.9 x 25.6 cm 
Albertina, Vienna, Austria

1637 Three Studies of an Elephant 
sketch 23.9 x 35.4 cm 
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria

1637 An Old Lady with a Book 
oil on canvas 109.7 x 91.5 cm 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1637 Bearded Man in Velvet Cap with Jewel Clasp 
etching on paper 9.5 x 8.3 cm

1637 Portrait of Eleazer Swalmius 
oil on canvas 132 x 109 cm 
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

1637 Self-Portrait in a Black Cap 
oil on oak panel 63 x 50.7 cm 
© The Wallace Collection, London

1637 The Archangel Leaving the Family of Tobias 
oil on wood 68 x 52 cm 
The Louvre, Paris

1637 Three Female Heads 
etching on paper 14.1 x 9.6 cm

1637 Young Man in a Velvet Cap ( Ferdinand Bol ) 
etching on paper 9.6 x 8.2 cm

1637-41 Old Man Shading his Eyes with his Hand 
etching and drypoint on paper 13.5 x 11.2 cm

1637-41 Old Man Shading his Eyes with his Hand 
etching on off-white laid paper 13.7 x 11.3 cm

1637-41 Old Man Shading his Eyes with his Hand 
etching on off-white paper 13.7 x 11.5 cm

1637-41 The Presentation in the Temple - The Canticle of Simeon 
etching and drypoint on paper 21.3 x 29 cm

1637-41 The Strider 
etching and drypoint on paper 6.1 x 5.9 cm

1637c Different Listeners 
pen and brown ink, touched with brush and brown wash, with some lead white 19 x 12.5 cm 
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

1637c Head of an Oriental in a Turban, and a Dead Bird of Paradise 
pen and wash in bistre, white body-colour 17.9 x 16.9 cm 
The Louvre, Paris

1637c Matthias and the Officers of Antiochus at Modin 
pen and bistre and wash 17 x 21.5 cm 
The British Museum, London

1637c Naked Woman with a Snake 
red chalk heightened with white body-colour on paper 24.6 x 13.8 cm 
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1637c Seated Woman, Naked to the Waist 
sketch 19.9 x 15.3 cm 
Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam

1637c Studies for Groups and Figures 
pen and bistre 16.7 x 19.6 cm 
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

1637c The Departure of Rebekah from her Parents' Home 
pen and bistre 18.5 x 30.6 cm

1637c Two Horses at a Stage Halt 
sketch on paper 17.3 x 27.3 cm

1637c Two Studies of Birds of Paradise 
18.1 x 15.4 cm The Louvre, Paris

1637c Young Solomon Proclaimed King, Riding on the Mule 
pen and wash in bistre 20.3 x 32.3 cm 
The Louvre, Paris

1638 Adam and Eve 
etching on ivory laid paper 16.2 x 11.6 cm

1638 Christ and St Mary Magdalen at the Tomb 
oil on panel 
The Royal Collection, UK

1638 Joseph Telling His Dreams 
etching on white wove paper 11 x 8.2 cm

1638 Landscape with the Good Samaritan 
oil on oak panel 46.1 x 65.5 cm 
Czartoryski Museum,Kraków, Poland

1638 Man with Wide-Brimmed Hat 
etching on paper 7.9 x 6.5 cm

1638 Self Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume 
etching on buff laid paper 12.3 x 10.5 cm

1638 Stormy Landscape 
oil on wood 52 x 72 cm 
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig

1638 The Little Jewish Bride ( Saskia as St. Catherine ) 
etching on paper 10.8 x 7.8 cm

1638 The Wedding of Samson 
oil on canvas 126.5 x 175.5 cm 
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

1638 Woman ( Saskia? ) Sitting in a Four-poster Bed 
pen and brush in brown and white paint on light brown prepared paper 17.7 x 24.1 cm

1638-39c A Priest Giving the Blessing 
pen and bistre and wash 16.8 x 18.4 cm 
Graphische Sammlung, Munich

1638-39c Lot and His Family Leaving Sodom Guided by an Angel 
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash 22.6 x 23.5 cm 
Albertina, Vienna

1638-39c Ruth and Naomi on Their Way to Bethlehem 
pen and brown ink on light brown prepared paper 16.5 x 11.2 cm 
Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1638-42 A Cow in the Stall 
pen and brush in brown and white paint on light brown prepared paper 15.3 x 18.2 cm

1638-42 Sleeping Dog 
etching and drypoint on paper 3.9 c 8.1 cm

1638-42 Small Grey Landscape, a House and Trees by Water 
etching on paper 3.8 x 8.2 cm

1638-42 View of Amsterdam from the Northwest 
etching on buff laid paper 11.3 x 15.4 cm

1638c A Standing Old Man 
brown ink on antique laid paper probably toned with light rose-brown wash 18 x 10.2 cm 
Harvard Art Museums - Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA

1638c A Woman Seated by a Window 
pen and brush and brown ink, touched with white 17.5 x 13.4 cm 
Rijksmueum, Amsterdam

1638c Boaz and Ruth 
pen and bistre 17.8 x 16.9 cm 
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

1638c Landscape with a Stone Bridge 
oil on panel 29.5 x 42.5 cm

1638c Putting a Bishop's Costume on the Actor Willem Ruyter 
pen and brown ink and white heightening on light brown prepared paper 21.2 x 18 cm 
Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden, Germany

1638c Study of Saskia Lying in Bed 
pen and bistre and wash 12.5 x 18 cm

1638c The Actor Willem Ruyter as St. Augustine 
pen and bistre 18.3 x 15 cm

1638c The Adoration of the Magi 
pen and bistre 17.4 x 22.8 cm 
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

1639 "Self-Portrait" with a Bittern 
oil on wood 120.7 x 88.3 cm 
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

1639 Death and the Newlyweds 
etching on paper 10.9 x 7.9 cm

1639 Farmer Standing Wearing a High Hat, Leaning on a Stick 
etching on paper 8.1 x 4.5 cm

1639 Jan Wtenbogaert, Receiver-General ( "The Goldweighter" ) 
etching on Japanese paper 24.9 x 20.2 cm

1639 Portrait of a Man Holding a Hat 
oil on panel 81.4 x 71.4 cm 
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1639 Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Maria Trip 
oil on panel 107 x 82 cm

1639 Portrait of Aletta Adriaensdr
oil on oak panel 64.7 x 55.3 cm 
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1639 Portrait of Andries de Graeff 
oil on canvas 200 x 124.2 cm 
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, Germany

1639 Portrait of Titia van Uylenburg
ink and wash sketch

1639 Self-Portrait with Forearm Leaning on a Stone Sill 
etching on paper 20.5 x 16.4 cm

1639 The Deathbed of Mary 
etching and drypoint on paper 40.9 x 31.1 cm

1639-40c Blind Old Man Guided by a Woman 
pen and bistre 12.2 x 9.8 cm The Louvre, Paris

1639-40c Study for a Group of the Sick 
pen and bistre, wash, white body-colour 14.4 x 18.5 cm 
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

1639-43 Christ Crucified Between Two Thieves 
etching and drypoint on paper 13.5 x 10.1 cm ( oval )

1639-43 Jacob and his Sons 
sketch on paper 17.6 x 23 cm

1639-43 Man Drawing fron a Plaster Model 
etching on paper 9.3 x 6.4 cm

1639-43 The Triumph of Mordecai 
etching and drypoint on paper 17.4 x 21.4 cm

1639-44 Study Sheet ( cut down ) 
etching on paper 5.7 x 6.5 cm

1639-44 Study Sheet 
etching on paper 13.7 x 15.2 cm

1639-44 Unwell Woman with Big Headscarf 
etching and drypoint retouched with grey brush on paper 6.2 x 5.1 cm

1639c 'Tronie' of a Young Man with Gorget and Beret 
( previously regarded as a self portrait ) 
oil on canvas 62.5 x 54 cm