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Rembrandt’s Mother with her Hand on her Chest
Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object), 1631
Rembrandt’s mother most certainly modelled here, yet not for the usual facial studies, but rather for larger, tronie-like interpretations. At left, she sits like an ‘oude Persiaanse vrou’ (old Persian woman) in an imaginary, Oriental-looking headdress. At right, she wears a mid-16th-century shirt, so contemporaries would immediately have understood that she was garbed ‘op zijn antieks’ (à l’antique).
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1961-1192
- Dimensionsheight 94 mm x width 67 mm
- Physical characteristicsets