Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)
“Bust of a Man Wearing a High Cap, Three-Quarters Right (The Artist’s Father?)”, 1630
Etching and drypoint; 10,8 x 9,3 cm
signed in monogram and dated upper left: ‘RL 1630’
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Notes
A very early etching by Rembrandt a man wearing a turban. It is widely believed to be the father of Rembrandt, however this cannot be said for certain. Rembrandt was only 24 years old when he etched this fantastic portrait. His mastery of etching is able to convey a certain emotion through the sitter’s eyes.
An extremely fine, dark lifetime impression of the second state, with the framing line around the image and the accidental scratch over the ear, yet before the right edge of the plate was reduced. The blue collector’s stamp verso slightly visible on recto.
Provenance
- Domingo Guillermo de Arozarena (c. 1860), Paris and Cuba, verso with the collector’s stamp (Lugt 109);
- Arkady Nicolayevitch Alferoff (1811-1872), Bonn, verso collector’s stamp
(Lugt 1727); - August Sträter (1810-1897), Aix-la-Chapelle, verso collector’s stamp (Lugt 787)
- Sotheby’s, London, 2016
- Private collection, European
- Karl & Faber, Munich
- Private collection, The Netherlands
Literature
Bartsch 321; The New Hollstein Dutch 57: Second state of (VI)
Plate in existence in private collection USA
with Nowell-Usticke (1967): R – A scarce portrait, supposed to be Rembrandt’s father