Rembrandt: Volume II Rembrandt, Volume II: Plates [Reprint 2014 ed.] 9780674600096, 9780674599376

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REMBRANDT VOLUME

I I - P L

ATES

LONDON: G E O F F R E Y C U M B E R L E G E OXFORD U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS

REMBRANDT BY JAKOB ROSENBERG

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE,

MASSACHUSETTS 1948

COPYRIGHT 1948 BY THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE

COMPOSED AND P R I N T E D IN P H I L A D E L P H I A BY T H E BECK ENGRAVING COMPANY. ILLUSTRATIONS BY BECK GRAVÜRE. BOUND BY AMERICAN BOOK-STRATFORD PRESS IN NEW YORK. P R I N T E D IN T H E U N I T E D STATES OF AMERICA.

CONTENTS FIGURES

I

II

LIFE

1-31

PORTRAITURE

32-126

III

LANDSCAPE

127-144

IV

BIBLICAL SUBJECTS

145-194

GENRE, MYTHOLOGY, AND HISTORY

195-248

REMBRANDT IN HIS CENTURY

249-250

STYLE AND TECHNIQUE

251-281

V

VI

VII

Dimensions

of paintings,

the illustrations, height precedes

are in width

given

under

centimeters;

in every

case.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We acknowledge with gratitude the kindness of all museums and private owners who have given special permission for the reproduction of works of art in their possession, as well as the following sources of photographs:

Photographers

and

Archives

Anderson, Rome: figs. 237, 251, 253. Archives Photographiques, Paris: figs. 183, 187, 232. Braun, Paris: figs. 41, 61, 64, 68, 101, 110, 164, 236, 238. F. Bruckmann, Munich: figs. 4, 5, 8, 39, 49, 50, 53, 70, 73, 74, 108, 111, 118, 145, 161, 162, 185, 188, 192, 243. A. C. Cooper, London: figs. 88, 229, 259. H. Dixon, London: fig. 89. Henry Ely, Aix: fig. 43. G. Ewald, Cassel: figs. 143, 167. A. Frequin, Hague: figs. 9, 34, 151. Gray, New York: fig. 267. W. H. Grove, London: fig. 77. Källgrens Atelje, Stockholm: fig. 256. Lichtbeeiden Instituut, Amsterdam: figs. 28, 69. J. H. Martelhoff, Amsterdam: fig. 20. Murray Studio, Omaha: fig. 175. Franz Rompel, Hamburg: fig. 155. Gustav Schwarz, Berlin: fig. 142. F. Van der Smissen, Darmstadt: fig. 160.

Publications

{for fuller titles, see Bibliography,

Volume

1)

Borenius (London, Phaidon Press), plates 10, 11, and 63: figs. 51, 52, and 102. Bredius (Vienna, Phaidon Press), plate 60: fig. 45. Lugt, Vol. I l l (Paris, Louvre), plates X L I X and L I I I : figs. 172 and 228.

Fig. 211, a drawing of "Beggar Woman and Child," was in the Paul J. Sachs Collection of the Fogg Museum of Art, Cambridge, Mass., until January, 1937, when it was stolen; it has not been recovered.

I LIFE

1.

SELF-PORTRAIT.

1629.

Etchinß

.

2.

FRANS

HALS. T H E M E R R Y COMPANY.

N o w Y o r k . M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m . Oil o n c a n v a s .

18.

SASKIA.

1633.

Dresden, M u s e u m . Oil on panel (52.5:44.5).

20.

R E M B R A N D T ' S HOUSE I N A M S T E R D A M .

21.

R E M B R A N D T A N D SASKIA.

D r e s d e n . M u s e u m . Oil o n c a n v a s (161:I.?1>.

22.

SAMSON T H R E A T E N I N G HKS F A T H E R - I N - L A W . 163[5J. Oil on c a n v a s ( 1 5 6 : 1 2 9 ) .

Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum.

23.

24.

SICK WOMAN (SASKIA).

Etching

(Η.196)

DEATH A P P E A R I N G TO A W E D D E D COUPLE. Etching (H.I65).

1630.

2S.

G E E R T G H E DIRCX, N U R S E OF T I T U S .

H a a r l e m . Teyler M u s e u m . Drawing.

26.

REMBRANDT DRAWING AT A WINDOW.

1648.

Etching

.

29.

HENDRICKJE

STOFFELS.

Paris. Louvro. Oil on canvas (72:60V

30.

WOMAN BATHING (HENDRICKJE).

1654.

L o n d o n , N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y . Oil o n p a n e l (61:4.S.5>.

31.

SELF-PORTRAIT.

1669.

T h e H a g u e , M a u r i t s h u i s . Oil on c a n v a s .

37.

SELF-PORTRAIT.

1650.

W a s h i n g t o n , N a t i o n a l Gallery of A r t (Widener Collection). Oil on c a n v a s (88.5:71).

38.

NICOLAS POUSSIN. SELF-PORTRAIT.

1650.

Paris. Louvre. Oil on canvas (95:75).

39.

SF.LF-PORTRAIT.

V i e n n a . M u s e u m . Oil on panel (50:41 >.

40.

SELF-PORTRAIT.

165X.

X p w Y o r k . Frick Collection. Oil on ranvas (1 2«):1()Γ

41.

S E L F - P O R T R A I T AT T H E EASEL.

1660.

Paris. Louvre. Oil on canvas .

SELF-PORTRAIT.

L o n d o n , National Gallery. Oil on c a n v a s (85:69.

43.

SELF-PORTRAIT.

Aix-en-Provenre. M u s e u m . Oil on panel (,?0:24>.

44.

SELF-PORTRAIT.

1661.

S p i c z . J . tic B r u i j n C o l l e c t i o n . Oil o n c a n v a s (91:76V

45.

SELF-PORTRAIT.

F l o r e n c e . L'ffizi. Oil on c a n v a s /70:55.5>.

46.

SELF-PORTRAIT.

Cologne

M u s e u m . Oil o n c a n v a s (K2:63>.

47.

T H O M A S DE KEYSER. P O R T R A I T OF A MAN.

Cassel. M u s e u m . Oil on panel .

1654.

Tile

71.

P O R T R A I T OF A G E N T L E M A N W I T H A T A L L HAT AND GLOVES. Washington, N a t i o n a l Gallery of Art (Widener Collection). Oil on canvas ( 9 9 . 5 : 8 2 . 5 ) .

72.

P O R T R A I T OF A LADY W I T H AN O S T R I C H - F E A T H E R FAN. W a s h i n g t o n , N a t i o n a l Gallery of Art (Widener Collection). Oil on c a n v a s (99:82.5).

73.

JOHANNES

V E R S P R O N C K . P O R T R A I T O F A N D R E DE V I L L E P O N T O U X . Hague, v a n Bruegel Douglas Collection.

1651.

The

74.

JOHANNES

VERSPRONCK.

P O R T R A I T OF MARIA H A M I E U X . Bruegel Douglas Collection.

1651.

T h e Hague,

van

75.

P O R T R A I T OF A MAN W I T H A M A G N I F Y I N G GLASS. Oil on c a n v a s (93:73).

N e w York, M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m .

P O R T R A I T OF A LADY W I T H A P I N K .

N e w York, M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m . Oil on c a n v a s (92:74).

Y O U N G GIRL L E A N I N G ON A W I N D O W SILL. 1645. L o n d o n . Dulwich College Gallery. Oil on c a n v a s (77.5:62.5).

78.

Y O U N G GIRL AT A HALF D O O R .

1645.

Chicago. A r t I n s t i t u t e . Oil on c a n v a s (100:84).

79.

H E A D OF A Y O U N G GIRL.

N e w York, S y d n e y J. L a m o n Collection. Oil on panel (26:21).

80.

GIRL W I T H A B R O O M .

165[1],

Washington, National

Oil on c a n v a s (107:91).

Gallery of A r t (Mellon

Collection).

81.

Y O U N G GIRL AT A W I N D O W .

1651.

Stockholm, N a t i o n a l M u s e u m . Oil o n c a n v a s (78:63).

82.

HENDRICKJE

S T O F F E L S IN B E D .

164[9], Edinburgh, National Gallery (81:67).

C a a y a s on panel

83.

HEN D R I C K J E S T O F F E L S ,

von Mendelssohn Collection. Oil on panel (72.5:51.5).

84.

HEN DRICK.JE S T O F F E L S AT A W I N D O W . Berlin. Kaiser Friedrich Museum. Oil on canvas (86:65).

86.

HENDRICKJE STOFFELS.

1660.

New York, Metropolitan Museum. Oil on canvas (76:67).

87.

TITUS

DRAWING.

Dresden. Print R o o m . Drawing.

88.

T I T U S AT A DESK..

1655.

R o t t e r d a m . B o y m a n s M u s e u m . Oil on c a n v a s (77:63).

89.

TITUS.

London, Wallace Collection. Oil on c a n v a s (67.5:61).

TITUS READING.

Vienna, M u s e u m . Oil on c a n v a s (71:62).

TITUS.

1660.

Baltimore. M u s e u m of A r t ( M a r y Frick J a c o b s Collection). Oil on (71.5:67).

canvas

92.

TITUS.

F o r m e r l y E t i c n n e Nicolas Collection. Paris. Oil on c a n v a s (72:56).

93.

MAN

WITH

Λ

GILT

HELMET (REMBRANDT'S BROTHER?). M u s e u m . Oil o n c a n v a s ( 6 7 : 5 1 . 5 ) .

Berlin,

Kaiser

Friedrich

94.

P O R T R A I T OF AN OLD WOMAN ( W I F E OF R E M B R A N D T ' S B R O T H E R ? ) . jirnd. H e r m i t a g e . Oil on c a n v a s < 100:84V

1654.

I.onin-

95.

PORTRAIT

OF A J E W .

1647.

Beetsterzwaag, Bieruma-Oosting .

of

Art

(VVidencr

Collection).

99.

H E A D OF AN OLD MAN.

Paris. E t i e n n c Nicolas Collection. Oil on panel (24.5:20).

100.

H E A D OF A N O L D M A N . D E T A I L .

1659. N e w Y o r k , M r s . A . W . E r i c k s o n Collection. Oil on panel ( 3 7 . 5 : 2 6 . 5 ) .

101.

P O R T R A I T OF AN OLD J E W , SEATED.

Leningrad. H e r m i t a g e . Oil on c a n v a s (I08:86>.

102.

PORTRAIT

O F AN

OLD J E W

IN A N A R M C H A I R . c a n v a s (1(W:84>.

1654.

Leningrad.

H e r m i t a g e . Oil o n

103.

S T U D Y F O R T H E H E A D OF C H R I S T .

Berlin, K a i s e r F r i e d r i c h M u s e u m . Oil on panel

(25:20).

104.

S T U D Y F O R T H E H E A D OF C H R I S T .

Formerly Schaeffer Galleries. New York. Oil on panel (25.5:20).

105

P O R T R A I T OF A Y O U N G J E W .

1661.

M o n t r e a l , v a n H o m e Collection. Oil on c a n v a s (64:57).

106.

CHRIST.

1661.

M u n i c h . Alte P i n a k o t h e k . Oil on c a n v a s (81:64>.

107.

OLD MAN P R A Y I N G (AN A P O S T L E ? ) .

1661.

Vienna, H a r r a c h Gallery. Oil on c a n v a s (83:67).

108.

TWO

NEGROES.

1661.

T h e H a g u e , M a u r i t s h u i s . O i l o n c a n v a s -

(Λ

Κ

D C

C< Οί c as Η U. C

ο ρί < Ο

«

ω Κ Η

III

LANDSCAPE

IV

BIBLICAL SUBJECTS

145.

T H E SACRIFICE O F ABRAHAM.

1635.

Leningrad. H e r m i t a g e . Oil on c a n v a s 7 .

231.

SCHOLAR IN HIS STUDY.

London. National Gallery. Oil on panel (55.5:46.5).

D a Η

ei
.

New Y o r k . Metropolitan

271.

THE

PRESENTATION

IN T H E T E M P L E . E N L A R G E D DETAIL.

Etching

(H.279).

272.

P O R T R A I T OF JACOB HAARING. E N L A R G E D DETAIL.

Etching

(H.287).

273.

C H R I S T P R E A C H I N G ("LA P E T I T E T O M B E " ) . E N L A R G E D DETAIL. (Η. 256).

Etching

274.

WOMAN AT T H E BATH. E N L A R G E D DETAIL.

1658.

Etching

(H.297).

275.

YOUNG WOMAN AT HER TOILET.

Vienna, Albertina. Drawing.

276.

J A C O B ' S DREAM.

Paris, Louvre. Drawing.

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m

•Λ* u, at