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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.57
People
Style of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Bust of a Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of His Father
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1629
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228145

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions
20.2 x 16.9 cm (7 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: u.r. w/ litigated monogram; dated: RHL 1629

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul M. Warburg (by 1926?-1932), by descent; to his son, James P. Warburg (1932-1969) bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of James P. Warburg
Accession Year
1969
Object Number
1969.57
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Andrea Kirsh, "Worlds Below: An Investigation of Infrared Reflectography" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, April 1973), Unpublished, pp. 1-25 passim
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)
  • Jeroen Giltaij, Het grote Rembrandt boek: Alle 684 schilderijen, WBOOKS (Zwolle, 2022), p. 70, no. 88, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt: A Selection of his Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 10/18/1984 - 12/11/1984

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Verification Level

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