Friday 4 July 2014

Rembrandt – part 7

Portrait of Rembrandt possibly by Dinon after "Self-Portrait" 1639 
etching on China paper 11.2 x 9.1 cm 
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

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 7 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 - 6 also.




1635 A Study for "The Great Jewish Bride'"
pen and brush and brown ink with wash 24 x 19 cm 
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

1635 The Great Jewish Bride 
etching, drypoint and burin on paper 21.9 x 16.7 cm

1635 The Great Jewish Bride 
etching, drypoint and engraving on paper 21.9 x 16.8 cm

1635-80 The Great Jewish Bride
etching on paper
1635 Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple 
etching on ivory laid paper 13.6 x 16.8 cm ( plate )

1635 Jan Wtenbogaert, Preacher of the Remonstrants 
etching and drypoint on paper 22.5 x 18.7 cm

1635 Jerome Kneeling in Prayer, Gazing Downward 
etching on paper 11.4 x 8 cm

1635 Man in Oriental Dress 
oil on panel 72 x 54.5 cm

1635 Portrait of Philips Lucasz
oil on oak panel 79.5 x 58.9 cm 
The National Gallery, London

1635 Rape of Ganymede 
oil on canvas 177 x 129 cm 
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

1635c Study for "Rape of Ganymede" 
18.3 x 16 cm 
Kuperstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen, Dresden


1635 Samsom Threatening his Father-in-Law 
oil on canvas 158.5 x 130.5 cm 
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

1635 Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume as Flora 
oil on canvas 123.5 x 97.5 cm 
National Gallery, London

1635c The First Oriental Head ( 1 of 4 ) 
etching on paper 15.1 x 12.5 cm

1635c Second Oriental Head ( 2 of 4 ) 
etching on paper 15.1 x 12.5 cm

1635 Third Oriental Head ( 3 of 4 ) 
etching on paper 15.6 x 13.4 cm

1635c The Fourth Oriental Head ( 4 of 4 ) 
etching on paper 15.8 x 13.5 cm

1635 The Pancake Woman 
etching on ivory laid paper 10.8 x 7.8 cm

1635 The Quacksalver 
etching on paper 7.4 x 3.8 cm

1635 The Stoning of St. Stephen 
etching on ivory laid paper 9.5 x 8.5 cm

1635-36 Studies of grieving Mary 
sketch on paper 20.1 x 14.3 cm

1635-36c A Woman Sitting Up in Bed 
sketch 14 x 14.6 cm 
Courtauld Institute Gallery, London

1635-36c Study of a Man Talking to a Woman Seated on the Left 
pen and brown ink on paper 10 x 10 cm 
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1635-38 Belshazzar's Feast 
oil on canvas 167.6 x 209.2 cm 
The National Gallery, London

1635-38c Saskia Lying in Bed, a Woman Sitting at her Feet 
sketch 22.8 x 16.5 cm 
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

1635-39 Female Head
 etching on paper 12.7 x 10.3 cm

1635-39 Three Female Heads 
etching retouched in grey brush 12.6 x 10.3 cm


1635-39 Jacob Caresses Benjamin-Abraham Caresses Isaac 
etching on paper 11.6 x 8.9 cm

1635-39 One of the Three Kings Worship Mary and the Child 
sketch on paper 17.7 x 15.9 cm

1635-39 The Actor Willem Ruyter as Oriental Monarch 
pen and brush in brown on light brown prepared paper 17.7 x 13.1 cm

1635-39c Study of Saskia?
 brown ink, brown wash and white gouache on light tan antique laid paper 7 x 6.3 cm 
Harvard Art Museums - Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA

1635-40c St. Paul Preaching in Athens 
pen and brown ink, brush and brown and reddish washes, lead white heightening, touched with red chalk 18 x 20.7 cm 
The British Museum, London

1635-41 Running Boy with a Stick 
pen and brush in brown and white paint on light brown prepared paper 14 x 10.7 cm

1635-41 The Concord of the State 
oil on oak panel 74.6 x 101cm 
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1635-51 Standing Man with Right Arm Outstretched 
pen in brown on light brown prepared paper 11.2 x 5.4 cm

1635-60 Sleeping Boy 
sketch on paper 13 x 17.5 cm

1635c A Nurse and an Eating Child 
sketch 16.5 x 13 cm 
Albertina, Graphische Sammlung, Vienna

1635c A Woman Sitting up in Bed 
ink sketch 14.8 x 19.1 cm

1635c A Woman with a Small Child on her Lap 
ink sketch 16 x 13.6 cm 
The Louvre, Paris

1635c Bearded Man in High Cap 
pen and bistre, wash, slight washes of white 16.9 x 12.5 cm 
The British Museum, London

1635c Curly Headed Man with a Wry Mouth 
etching on paper 6.5 x 6.2 cm

1635c Joseph Expounding the Prisoners' Dreams 
pen and bistre and wash 15.5 x 18 cm

1635c Rembrandt and Saskia in the Parable of the Prodigal Son 
oil on canvas 161 x 131 cm 
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

1635c Saskia Asleep in Bed, Reclining 
pen and bistre 9.9 x 9.5 cm 
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

1635c Soldier and Rearing Horse 
pen and bistre 12.9 x 8.5 cm 
Museum of Fine Arts of the University, Moscow

1635c Study for Jacob Lamenting 
pen and bistre and wash 17.2 x 15.5 cm 
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin


1635c Study of a High Priest 
pen and bistre 8.6 x 7.8 cm 
Graphische Sammlung, Munich

1635c The Annunciation 
pen and bistre 14.4 x 12.4 cm 
Musée Communal, Besançon, France

1635c The Lamentation over the Dead Christ 
oil on paper mounted on oak panel 31.9 x 26.7 cm 
The National Gallery, London

1635c The Strolling Musicians 
etching on paper 13.9 x 11.6 cm

1635c The Virgin and Child Seated near a Window 
pen and bistre and wash 15.5 x 13.7 cm 
The British Museum, London

1635c Two Studies of a Baby with a Bottle 
ink sketch 10.1 x 12.4 cm 
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

1635c Zacharias? and the Angel 
brown ink on off-white antique laid paper 10.9 x 11.5 cm 
Harvard Art Museums - Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA

1636 A Woman with a Child Frightened by a Dog 
ink sketch 18.4 x 14.6 cm 
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

1636c A Woman Comforting a Child Frightened by a Dog 
ink sketch 10.3 x 10.2 cm 
Collection Frits Lugt, Institut Néerlandais, Paris


1636 Abraham's Sacrifice 
oil on canvas 195 x 132.3 cm 
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1636? Abraham's Sacrifice 
red and black chalk, wash in indian ink, heightened with white 19.4 x 14.6 cm 
British Museum, London


1636 Christ Before Pilate 
etching on paper 55.1 x 44.6 cm

1636 Samuel Menasseh ben Israel 
etching on paper 14.9 x 10.3 cm

1636 Self-Portrait with Saskia 
etching on paper 10.4 x 9.5 cm

1636 Studies of the Head of Saskia and other Women 
etching on white laid paper 15.4 x 12.7 cm

1636 Susanna at the Bath 
oil on oak panel 47.2 x 38.6 cm 
Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

1636 The Blinding of Samson 
oil on canvas 276 x 206 cm 
The Städel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1636 The Return of the Prodigal Son 
etching on ivory laid paper 15.7 x 13.7 cm

1636 Tobit is Healed by his Son 
oil on panel 47 x 39 cm 
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany

1636-37c Boaz and Ruth 
pen and bistre 11.9 x 11.9 cm 
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

1636-38c Self-Portrait 
oil on panel 63.2 x 50.5 cm 
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA

1636-40 Young woman ( Saskia? ) sitting by a Window 
pen and brush in brown and white paint on light brown prepared paper 17.5 x 13.4 cm

1636-43 Danaë 
oil on canvas 185 x 202.5 cm 
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

1636c Lot and His Daughters 
pen and bistre 15.2 x 19.1 cm 
Goethe Nationalmuseum, Weimar, Germany

1636c Study of Heads and Figures 
ink sketch 
Barber Institute of the Arts, Birmingham University, England

1636c The Departure of Tobias 
pen and bistre and wash 16.5 x 9 cm 
The Louvre, Paris

1636c The Investiture of St. Augustine 
pen and bistre, wash, covered with white 20.9 x 16.5 cm 
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig, Germany