Friday 18 July 2014

Rembrandt – part 13

1655c Self-Portrait with Beret 
oil on panel 48 x 40.6 cm 
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

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 13 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 - 12 also.



1655 Portrait of an Old Woman Reading 
oil on canvas 
Drumlanrig Castle, Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK

1655 Self-Portrait 
oil on wood 66 x 53 cm 
Kunsthistorixches Museum, Vienna

1655 The Goldsmith 
etching and drypoint on paper 7.6 x 5.6 cm

1655 The Image of the Dream of Nebuchadnezzar 
etching, drypoint and burin on paper 10.9 x 6.9 cm

1655 The Slaughtered Ox 
oil on beech panel 94 x 69 cm 
The Louvre, Paris

1655 Titus at his Desk ( Portrait of Titus van Rijn, Rembrandt's Son ) 
oil on canvas 77 x 63 cm 
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1655-59 Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane 
etching and drypoint on paper 11 x 8.4 cm

1655-59 The Apothecary Abraham Francen 
etching, drypoint and burin on Oriental paper 15.8 x 20.5 cm

1655-59 Walking Man with High Hat 
sketch on paper 14.7 x 6.2 cm

1655-60 Man in a Fur-lined Coat 
oil on canvas 114.9 x 88.3 cm 
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio

1655-60 Portrait of a Boy 
oil on canvas 64.8 x 55.9 cm 
The Norton Simon Foundation, Pasadena, CA

1655-60 Portrait of a Man ( The Auctioneer ) 
oil on canvas 109 x 86 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1655-60 Saul and David 
oil on canvas 131 x 164 cm 
Mauritshuis, The Hague

1655-60c Portrait of a Man 
oil on canvas 83.5 x 64.5 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1655c A Franciscan Friar 
oil on canvas 89 x 66.5 cm 
The National Gallery, London

1655c Christ and the Woman of Samaria 
oil on wood 64 x 49 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1655c Christ Washing the Feet of his Disciples 
ink sketch 15.7 x 22.1 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1655c Self-Portrait in Studio Attire 
ink sketch 20.3 x 13.4 cm 
Rembrandt Huis, Amsterdam

1655c The Polish Rider 
oil on canvas 116.8 x 134.9 cm 
The Frick Collection, New York

1655c Woman at a Window 
brush sketch 16.5 x 12.5 cm 
National Museum, Stockholm

1656 Abraham Welcomes the Angels 
etching and drypoint on paper 15.9 x 13.1 cm

1656 Christ Appearing to the Apostles 
etching on paper 16.2 x 21.1 cm

1656 Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh 
oil on canvas 173 x 209 cm 
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, Germany

1656 The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Jan Deijman ( fragment ) 
oil on canvas 113 x 135 cm 
Amsterdam Museum

1656 The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Jan Deijman 
pen in grey and black 11 x 13.3 cm 
Amsterdam Museum

1656 The Goldsmith Jan Lutma 
etching, drypoint and burin on paper 19.7 x 14.8 cm

1656-57 Titus van Rijn, the Artist's Son, Reading 
oil on canvas 70.5 x 64 cm 
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

1656-58 Indian Archer 
pen and brush in brown ink, brush and grey-brown, light brown on Japan paper 18.8 x 13.1 cm

1656-58 Shah Jahan and his Son 
pen and brush in brown on light brown Japan paper 9.4 x 8.6 cm

1656-58 The Great Mogul Jahangir 
pen in brown, brush in brown, pink and light grey on Japan paper 18.3 x 12 cm

1656-58c Study of a Youth Pulling a Rope 
brush sketch 29 x 17.8 cm 
Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam

1656-60 The Writer Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol 
etching, drypoint and burin on paper 23.2 x 19 cm

1656c Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels 
oil on canvas 88.5 x 67 cm 
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

1657 A Bearded Man in a Cap 
oil on canvas 78 x 66.7 cm 
The National Gallery, London

1657 Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet 
oil on canvas 126 x 98 cm 
Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, Wales, UK

1657 St. Bartholomew 
oil on canvas 122.7 x 99.7 cm 
Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

1657 St. Francis Kneeling in Prayer Beneath a Tree 
drypoint on paper 18 x 24.1 cm

1657 St. Francis Kneeling in Prayer Beneath a Tree 
etching and drypoint on paper 17.9 x 24.4 cm

1657-59 Jael killing Sisera 
sketch on paper 19.2 x 17.4 cm

1657-61c Christ with Arms Folded 
oil on canvas 109.2 x 90.2 cm 
The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, NY

1657c The Agony in the Garden 
etching and drypoint on cream Japan paper 11.1 x 8.2 cm

1657c Titus, the Artist's Son 
oil on canvas 68.5 x 57.3 cm 
© The Wallace Collection, London

1658 Christ and the Woman of Samaria: An Arched Print 
etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper 12.5 x 15.9 cm

1658 Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol 
etching, drypoint and burin on paper 34.2 x 29 cm

1658c Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol 
oil on wood 37 x 29 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1658 Lying Negress 
etching, drypoint and burin on Oriental paper 8.2 x 15.8 cm

1658 Nude Woman with a Hat Beside Her 
etching and drypoint on Oriental paper 15.5 x 12.8 cm

1658 Philemon and Baucis 
oil on panel 54.5 x 68 cm 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1658 Self-Portrait 
oil on canvas 133.7 x 103.8 cm 
Frick Collection, New York

1658 The Phoenix and the Toppled Statue 
etching and drypoint on paper 18 x 18.3 cm

1658 Woman Bathing Her Feet 
etching on buff paper 15.9 x 7.9 cm

1658 Woman with Naked Torso by a Stove 
etching, drypoint and burin on Oriental paper 22.7 x 18.7 cm

1658-60 Portrait of a Gentleman with a Tall Hat and Gloves 
oil on canvas 99.5 x 82.5 cm 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1658-60 Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan 
oil on canvas 99.5 x 83 cm  
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1659 Christ and the Woman of Samaria 
oil on oak 48 x 41 cm 
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

1659 Jupiter and Antiope 
etching, drypoint, and burin on off-white paper 14 x 20.6 cm

1659 Moses Smashing the Tablets of the Law 
oil on canvas 168.5 x 136.5 cm 
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

1659 Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple 
etching, burin, and drypoint on ivory laid paper 18.1 x 21.8 cm

1659 Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar 
oil on canvas 84.5 x 66 cm 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1659 Study of an Old Man with a Beard 
oil on panel 38.1 x 26.8 cm 
Collection Daniel and Linda Bader, Milwaukee

1659 Tobit and his Wife ( attributed to ) 
oil on panel 40.3 x 54 cm 
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1659c Jacob Wrestling with the Angel 
oil on canvas 137 x 116 cm 
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

1659c Self-Portrait ( attributed to ) 
oil on canvas 68 x 56.5 cm 
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart

1659c Self-Portrait 
oil on panel 30.7 x 24.3 cm 
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence

1659c Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-up Collar 
oil on canvas 52.7 x 42.7 cm 
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

1660 Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther 
oil on canvas 73 x 94 cm 
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

1660 Noah's Ark 
reed pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on buff laid paper 19.9 x 24.4 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1660 Rembrandt's Son Titus as a Monk 
oil on canvas 79.5 x 67.7 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1660 Self Portrait 
oil on canvas 80.3 x 67.3 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1660 Self-Portrait at the Easel 
oil on canvas 111 x 85 cm 
Louvre Museum, Paris