Portrait of Rembrandt van Rijn

• Portrait of Rembrandt
• Portrait of Rembrandt van Rijn

SK-C-1598

Portret van Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. Buste met halsberg, witte halsdoek en baret.

signature: ‘I.L.’

painter: Jan Lievens

c. 1629

oil on panel

• height 57 cm x width 44.7 cm
• height 75 cm x width 62.8 cm x depth 7.6 cm

On loan from a private collector

Public domain

…; ? purchased in Holland for £5 by Hamlet Winstanley (1694-1756) for James Stanley (1664-1736), 10th Earl of Derby, Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool;{Recorded in an 1801 catalogue of the collection. See Scharf 1875, no. 74} first recorded in an inventory of the paintings at Knowsley Hall, 1736 (‘A head of one of the Earls of Derby, by Lievens. Price £ 6’.);{Scharf 1875, no. 74} by descent to Edward John Stanley (1919-94), 18th Earl of Derby, Knowsley Hall; sale [section The Earl of Derby], London (Christie’s), 17 July 1964, no. 48, as Portrait of a gentleman, to Daniël Hendrik Cevat (1913-1990), Saint Peter Port, Guersney…; on loan from a private collection to the museum, since 1979

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• A.F. Janson, Rembrandt in the Indanapolis Museum of Art, Perception I (1981), p. 10
• K. Bauch, 'Zum Werk des Jan Lievens', Pantheon 25 (1967), p. 263
• A. von Wurzbach, II, 1910, p. 46
• Documentatiemap.
• W. Bürger, Trésors d'Art en Angleterre, 1865, p. 251
• J. Bruyn, Reviewed Work: Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler vi (Einleitung und Schlusswort. Corrigenda und Addenda. Nachträge 2. Ortsregister. Ikonographisches Register. Bibliographie. Künstlerverzeichnis i-vi) by Werner Sumowski, uit: Oud Holland, 110, 1996, 3/4, pagina pp. 165-173 - p. 172(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42711545) Waarschijnlijk niet Rembrandt's portret.
• H. Gerson, 'The Rembrandt Exhibitions of 1969', The Burlington Magazine 111 (1969), p. 782
• G. Scharf, Pictures at Knowsley Hall, 1875, nr. 74
• Pieter Roelofs, 'Nu of nooit : Lievens eindelijk op bezoek bij vriend Rembrandt', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 3, p. 96-97.
• Rembrandt under the Skin. The Mauritshuis "Portrait of Rembrandt with Gorget" in retrospect, uit: Oud Holland, 114, 2000, 2/4, pagina pp. 164-187 - p. 178-179, 185(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42712023)

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