G3281: Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G3281

People

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

Title

Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1646

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/303495

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching, engraving, and drypoint with tone in the plate and printing tone on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching, engraving and drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 27.9 x 18.5 cm (11 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, upper center of background: Rembrandt 1646
• inscription: in plate, on oval border of image, the inscription beginning at the top: Spes mea Christys. Iohannes Cornelij Sylvius. Amstelodamo-bat: functus S S. Minist:a[n]os 45. et 6. merisia, In Frisia, in Tyemarum et Phirdgum a[n]os 4. In Balc et Harich unicum. In Minnertsgae a[n]os 4. Slotir a[n]os 2. In Hollandia a[n]os 28. et 6. menses, ibidemq[u]e obijt a[n]o 1638. 19. Novembr. natus a[n]os 74.
• inscription: in plate, below the image, as if on a plinth: Cuius adorandum docuit Facundia Christum, / et populis veram pandit ad astra viam, / Talit erat Sylvi facies, audivimus illum / Amstelijs isto civibus ore loqui. / Hoc Frisijs precepta dedit; pietasq[u]e. severo / Relligioq[u]e. diu vindico tuta stetit. / Praeluxit, veneranda suis virtutibus, aetas. / Erudutq[u]e. ipsos fessa senecta viros. // Simplicitatis amans. fucum comtempsit honesti. / Nec sola voluit fronte placere bonis. / Sic statuit: Jesum vitae doceri / Rectius, et vocum fulmina posse minus. / Amstola, sis memor extincti, qui condidit urbem / Moribus, hanc ipso fulsijt ille Deo. // C. Barlaeus. // Haud amplius depredico illus dotes, / Quas aemulor, frustraque persequor verso. // P. S.
• collector's mark: verso, faded purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3281
• inscription: verso, graphite: E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf; late 19th-c. Gray Collection inventory]
• inscription: verso, graphite: fr. Ev. Dbr. 56. / [pound sign]. 26. - - [record of Gray purchase: from Evans December 1856 for 26 pounds even]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 235; Bartsch 280; Hind 225; Rovinski 280

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G3281

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997
• Joseph Koerner and Michael Zell, Lifeworld: Portrait and Landscape in Netherlandish Prints, 1550-1650, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999), checklist (unnumbered)
• Ivan Gaskell, Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist

Exhibition History

• Lifeworld: Portrait and Landscape in Netherlandish Prints, 1550-1650, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/30/1999 - 01/23/2000
• Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 09/09/2006 - 12/10/2006

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