Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s Habit

Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object), 1660

Rembrandt portrayed his son Titus with downcast eyes and wearing a Franciscan habit. The rules of this monastic order prescribed a life of poverty and humility. Indicative of this are the coarse robe and the introspective gaze on the boy’s gaunt face, on which Rembrandt has focussed all his attention. The surroundings, with rocks and bushes, are only summarily suggested.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3138
  • Dimensionsheight 79.5 cm x width 67.7 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Rembrandt's son in a monk's habit, possibly in the guise of St Francis of Assisi (former title)
    • Titus in Monk's Habit
    • Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s Habit
  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3138

  • Description

    Portret van Rembrandts zoon Titus in monniksdracht, mogelijk voorgesteld als de heilige Franciscus van Assisi. Zittend, ten halven lijve, naar links.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1660’


Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)

  • Dating

    1660

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 79.5 cm x width 67.7 cm


This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1933; formerly Stroganoff Collection, St Petersburg

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1933-07-10

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; ? sale, Jean-François Sané (1732-79, Paris), Paris, 8 March 1780, no. 36 (‘Un Capucin vu à mi-corps; il paroît réfléchir profondément. Le fond annonce un paysage. Ce Tableau, d’une touche large d’un effet piquant, est peint sur toile par Rembrandt.’), fr. 221, to Joullain; … ; ? sale, Charles Paul Vialart de Saint-Morys (1743-95, Paris), Paris (A.J. Paillet and A. Millioti), 6 (13) February 1786 sqq., no. 115 (‘Rimbrandt van Rhin. Un Réligieux représenté à mi corps & en méditation. Ce tableau, savant de touche; ne laisse aucun doute sur l’originalité, par la hardiesse de son exécution. H. 33 pouces, L. 26 pouces [89.1 x 70.2 cm]. Toile’), fr. 88, to Langlier; …; collection Count Alexander Sergeević Stroganoff (1733-1811), St Petersburg, 1800 ('Portrait d'un jeune homme en habit de St. François'); {Coll. cat. Stroganoff 1800, no. 52; coll. cat. Stroganoff 1807, no. 37; coll. cat. Stroganoff 1835, no. 37; see Jaeger 2007, p. 319.} his son, Count Paul Alexandrović Stroganoff (1772-1817), St Petersburg; his son-in-law, Count Sergej Gregor'ević Stroganoff (1794-1882), St Petersburg; his son, Alexander Sergejević Stroganoff (1818-64), St Petersburg; his son, Sergej Alexandrović Stroganoff (1852-1923), St Petersburg and Paris; confiscated by the Soviet Union 1917; from the Soviet Union, through the mediation of Colnaghi London, fl. 800,000, together with the Rembrandt workshop Denial of St Peter (SK-A-3137/no. XX), to the Vereniging Rembrandt for the museum, 1933{Hecht 2008, p. 85.}


Documentation

    • p. 256, afb. 142c
    • M.D. Henkel, Patheon 6 (1933), p. 292.
    • p. 985-986
    • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (2011), afb. p. 37.
    • p. 116
    • p. 208-209
    • J. Jager, 'Revolutionaire kunstbuit : Erfgoed of handelswaar?', Spiegel Historiael 36 (2001), nr. 11/12, p. 496-503.
    • G. Luijten, ''De veelheid en de eelheid' : een Rijksmuseum Schmidt-Degener', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 35 (1984), p. 377, afb. 25.
    • p. 114-115
    • nr. 306, afb. 28
    • p. 65, afb. 28
    • p. 210-211, afb. 106
    • H. Kühn, 'Untersuchungen zu den Malgründen Rembrandts', Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Baden Württemberg (1965), p. 198.
    • afb. 89
    • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1933), p. 6.
    • The Rembrandt Database, Object information, Rembrandt, Titus as a monk, dated 1660, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. SK-A-3138, http://www.rembrandtdatabase.org/Rembrandt/painting/2954/titus-as-a-monk, accessed 2016 February 01
    • P. Hecht, Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt (1999), nr. 3, p. 7.
    • p. 61
    • p. 120, afb. 370, afb. 15
    • Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, qui composent la collection du Comte A. de Stroganoff, St. Pétersbourg, 1800, cat.nr. 52.
    • afb. 480
    • p. 126
    • L.J. Slatkes, 'The Age of Rembrandt', The Art Quarterly 31 (1968), p. 89.
    • p. 96, nr. 96
    • p. 158, afb. 85
    • afb. 56
    • p. 264-265

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