Saturday 12 July 2014

Rembrandt – part 10

1642 Self-Portrait in a Flat Cap 
oil on panel 69.9 x 58.4 cm 
The Royal Collection, UK 


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 10 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 - 9 also.



1642 Man in an Arbour 
etching on paper 7.2 x 5.6 cm


1642 Night Watch

“Militia Comapany of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq,” also known as “The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Wullem van Ruytenburch,” but is commonly referred to as “The Night Watch,” as it was commonly referred to in the C18th. It is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, as the best-known painting in its collection.



1642 The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, known as the ‘Night Watch’ 
oil on canvas 379.5 x 453.5 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


1642 The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, known as the ‘Night Watch’ 
detail

1642 The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, known as the ‘Night Watch’ 
detail

1642 The Descent from the Cross: A Sketch 
etching and drypoint on white laid paper 15 x 11.7 cm

1642 The Flute Player 
etching and drypoint on paper 11.7 x 14.4 cm

1642 The Raising of Lazarus 
etching on paper 15 x 11.3 cm

1642-43c Study of a Pig 
pen and bistre 10.2 x 14.2 cm 
The British Museum, London

1642-46 Rest on the Flight into Egypt: Nocturne 
etching and drypoint on paper 9.2 x 5.9 cm

1642-46 The Sleeping Shepherd 
etching and burin on paper 7.7 x 5.7 cm

1642c Saskia in Pompous Dress 
oil on wood 99.5 x 78.8 cm 
Staatliche Museen, Kassel, Germany

1642c Self-Portrait Wearing a Hat and Two Chains 
oil on oak panel 72 x 54.8 cm 
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

1642c Sheet of Studies with a Tree and Partial Head of Rembrandt in a Velvet Cap ( sideways ) 
etching on cream laid paper 7.8 x 6.7 cm

1642c Woman Wearing a Costume of Northern Holland, Seen From the Back 
ink and wash sketch 22 x 15 cm 
Teyler Museum, Haarlem

1643 Farm and Stables with a Seated Artist 
etching on paper 13 x 20.8 cm

1643 Saskia, the Artist's Wife 
oil on mahogany 75 x 60 cm 
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

1643 The Sow 
etching and drypoint on paper 14.6 x 18.5 cm

1643 The Three Trees 
etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper 20.9 x 28.1 cm

1643 The Toilet of Bathsheba 
oil on wood 57.2 x 76.2 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1643-47 Boaz and Ruth 
ink sketch on paper 12.6 x 14.3 cm

1643-47 Christ appears to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener 
ink sketch on paper 15.4 x 14.6 cm

1643-47 Christ Carried to his Grave 
etching and drypoint on paper 13 x 10.8 cm

1643-47 Cottage Beside a Canal 
etching on cream laid paper 13.7 x 20.7 cm

1643-47 Three Orientals in Conversation 
ink sketch on paper 17.2 x 15.2 cm

1643-47 Three Women and a Child in a Doorway 
pen and brown ink 23.3 x 17.8 cm

1643c Christ Preaching 
pen and brown ink on paper 18.9 x 23 cm 
The Louvre, Paris

1644 The Shepherd and his Family 
etching and drypoint on paper 9.5 x 6.7 cm

1644 The Woman taken in Adultery 
oil on oak panel 83.8 x 65.4 cm 
The National Gallery, London

1644-48 Nude Man Seated and Another Standing, with a Woman and Baby in the Background 
etching on ivory laid paper 19.6 x 12.9 cm

1644-48 The Monk in the Cornfield 
etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper 5.1 x 6.9 cm

1644c A Woman Waiting in Bed 
oil on canvas 81.3 x 68 cm 
The National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

1644c Study of a Woman Crying 
oil on panel 21.3 x 16.8 cm 
The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

1645 A Girl at a Window 
oil on canvas 81.8 x 66.2 cm 
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

1645 Study for "A Girl at a Window" 
black chalk touched with white 
Courtauld Institute Gallery, London

1645 Abraham and Isaac 
etching and drypoint on paper 15.7 x 13 cm

1645 Bridge Outside Minor Kostverloren-Six's Bridge 
etching on paper 12.5 x 22.3 cm

1645 Joseph's Dream 
oil on mahogany panel 20 x 27 cm 
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

1645 Self-Portrait 
oil on oak panel 68.5 x 56.5 cm 
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany

1645 The Boathouse 
etching and drypoint on paper 12.7 x 13.4 cm

1645 The Holy Family Sleeping, with Angels 
pen and brown ink on paper 17.3 x 21.2 cm 
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

1645 The Holy Family with Angels 
oil on canvas 117 x 91 cm 
The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

1645 The Omval 
etching and drypoint on white laid paper 18.7 x 22.7 cm

1645 The Repentance of Peter 
etching on paper 13.1 x 11.7 cm

1645 The Rest on the Flight: Lightly Etched 
etching with drypoint on buff paper 13.5 x 11.7 cm

1645 Tobit and Anna with the Kid Goat 
oil on mahogany panel 20.8 x 28 cm 
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

1645-47 Portrait of a man, presumably Dr. Ephraim Bueno 
oil on panel 19 x 15 cm

1645-48 House with Wooden Fence between Trees 
ink and wash sketch on paper 17.1 x 25.5 cm

1645-48 The Mill 
oil on canvas 87.6 x 105.6 cm 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1645-49 Jan Asselyn, Painter 
etching and drypoint on paper 21.6 x 16.9 cm

1645-49 Portrait of a Man with a Breastplate and Plumed Hat 
oil on canvas 121 x 98 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1645-49 Portrait of a Woman 
oil on canvas 121 x 98 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1645-50 Man with a Steel Gorget 
oil on canvas 94 x 78 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1645c Self-Portrait 
68.5 x 56.5 cm 
Staatliche Kusthalle, Karlstruhe

1646 A Beggar Leaning on a Stick, Facing Right 
etching and drypoint on paper 8 x 6.3 cm

1646 Abraham and the Three Angels 
oil on panel 16 x 21 cm 

1646 Jan Cornelius Sylvius, Preacher 
etching on ivory laid paper 27.7 x 18.8 cm

1646 Nude Man Seated before a Curtain 
etching on ivory laid paper 16.5 x 9.5 cm

1646 Nude Man Seated on the Ground with One Leg Extended 
etching on ivory laid paper 9.7 x 16.8 cm

1646 The Bedstead 
etching, drypoint and burin on paper 12.5 x 22.3 cm

1646 The Holy Family with a Curtain 
oil on panel 46.5 x 69 cm 
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, Germany

1646 Winter Landscape 
oil on oak panel 17 x 23 cm 
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, Germany

1646c A Sketch of Two Women, Each with a Baby 
pen and brush and brown ink with wash 16.5 x 16.7 cm 
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

1647 Ephraim Bonus, Jewish Physician 
etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper 24 x 17.1 cm

1647 Jan Six 
etching and drypoint on paper 24.5 x 19.2 cm

1647 Portrait of the Painter Jan Asselyn 
etching and engraving on paper 19.5 x 17 cm 
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia

1647 Susanna and the Elders 
oil on mahogany panel 76.6 x 92.8 cm 
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

1647 The Rest on The Flight into Egypt 
oil on panel 34 x 48 cm 
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

1647-1700 Bust of Man with Skullcap ( Father of Rembrandt? ) 
etching on paper 8.3 x 7.3 cm