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Head and shoulder portrait of a man with curly hair wearing a fur hat and wrapped in a thick robe.

The man is positioned in the center of the square, rendered in etched lines. His right side is in shadow from light entering from the upper right, illuminating the left side of his face. His lips are closed, nose is slightly wide. His dark eyes glance slightly to the right, beyond the viewer. His dark curly hair blends into the texture of the thick dark robe as it peaks out from under the wide fur hat, tipped slightly to the left. Background is undefined, the paper color looks yellowed from age.　

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3220
People
Circle of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Previously attributed to Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Self-Portrait in a Slant Fur Cap: Bust
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Self-Portrait, with Fur Cap and Robe
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1631
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279483

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 5.8 x 5.6 cm (2 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, u.l.: RH 1631
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / W.A. / Pr. [within a circlular border; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Colection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3220
  • inscription: verso, along side, graphite: E.H.G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf, late19th-c. Gray Collection inventory]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B. 14

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
W. Ackermann.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/vii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 97w, Bartsch 14, Hind 62 ii/ii, R. 14

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3220
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alan Chong, Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt: Art and Ambition in Leiden, 1629-1631, exh. cat., ed. Alan Chong, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum/Waanders (Boston/Zwolle, 2000), p. 116, no. 15

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