A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings II - 1631–1634

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A CORPUS OF
REMBRANDT
PAINTINGS
Stichting Foundation
Rembrandt Research Project
A CORPUS OF
REMBRANDT
PAINTINGS
II
1631-1634
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A CORPUS OF
REMBRANDT
PAINTINGS
]. BRUYN • B. HAAK • S.H. LEVIE
P.J.J. VAN THIEL • E. VAN DE WETERING
with the collaboration of
L. PEESE BINKHORST-HOFFSCHOLTE • J. VIS
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Frontispiece:
Detail of no. A 77, Portrait oj the shipbuilder Jan Rijcksen and his wife Griet Jans,
London, Buckingham Palace, H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
Contents
PREFACE x A S6 Portrait of Jacques de Gheyn III, 1632. London,
PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XII Dulwich Picture Gallery 219
X-RAY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIV Portrait of Maurits Huygens, 1632. Hamburg,
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER ABBREVIATIONS xv Hamburger ,Kunsthalle 225
Portrait of the artist as a burgher, 1632. Glasgow,
The Burrell Collection 230
Introduction Portrait of a 40-year-old man, 1632. New York,
N.Y., The Metropolitan Museum of Art 238
Chapter I A60 Portrait of a young man, 1632. Sweden, private
STYLISTIC FEATURES OF THE I630S: THE PORTRAITS collection 243
(J. B., E. v. D. w.) 3 A61 Portrait of Princess Amalia of Solms, 1632. Paris,
Musee Jacquemart-Andre 249
Chapter II Portrait of a 39-year-old woman, 1632. Nivaa,
THE CANVAS SUPPORT (E. v. D. W.) 15 Denmark, Nivaagaards Malerisamling 256
Portrait of a 62-year-old woman, 1632. Tel Aviv,
Chapter III private collection 263
PROBLEMS OF APPRENTICESHIP AND STUDIO COLLABORATION A young woman (Esther? Judith?) at her toilet,
(E. v. D. w.) 45 [1632/33]. Ottawa, The National Gallery of
Canada 266
Chapter IV A6S The Descent from the Cross, [1632/33]. Munich,
PATRONS AND EARLY OWNERS (J. B.) 91 Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Alte
Pinakothek 276
Chapter V A66 Joseph telling his dreams, [1633]. Amsterdam,
A SELECTION OF SIGNATURES 1632-1634(J. B.) 99 Rijksmuseum 289
A67 Daniel and Cyrus before the idol Bel, 1633. England,
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION !O7 private collection 298
A68 Christ in the storm on the Sea of Galilee, 1633.
Boston, Mass., The Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum 302
Catalogue A69 The Raising of the Cross, [1633]. Munich,
Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Alte
NOTES ON THE CATALOGUE I I I Pinakothek 31 I
Bellona, 1633. New York, N.Y., The Metropolitan
Paintings by Rembrandt Museum of Art 321
A43 Portrait of Nicolaes Ruts, 1631. New York, N.Y., Self-portrait, 1633. Paris, Musee du Louvre 333
The Frick Collection I 15 Self-portrait in a cap, 1633. Paris, Musee du
A 44 Portrait of a man at a writing-desk, 163 I. Leningrad, Louvre 338
The Hermitage Museum 122 Bust of a man in oriental dress, 1633. Munich,
A 4S Portrait of a man seated, [163 I /32]. Vienna, Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Alte
Kunsthistorisches Museum 130 Pinakothek 344
A46 The apostle Peter, 1632. Stockholm, Bust of an old man, 1633. Queenstown, Maryland,
Nationalmuseum 138 coli. A. A. Houghton Jr 351
A47 The Rape of Europa, 1632. New York, N.Y., private Bust of a young woman (commonly called the artist's
collection 145 wife Saskia), [1633]. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum 355
A48 Knee-length figure of a man in oriental dress, 1632. Bust of a young woman smiling (possibly the artist's
New York, N.Y., The Metropolitan Museum of wife Saskia), 1633. Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsamm
Art lSI lungen Dresden, Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister 361
A 49 A young woman in profile, with a fan (commonly Portrait of the shipbuilder Jan Rijcksen and his wife
called the artist's sister), 1632. Stockholm, Griet Jans, 1633. London, Buckingham Palace, H.M.
Nationalmuseum 158 Queen Elizabeth II 367
A So Bust of a young woman (commonly called the artist's Portrait of a man rising from his chair, 1633.
sister), 1632. Boston, Mass., Museum of Fine Arts, on Cincinnati, Ohio, The Taft Museum 378
loan from Mrs Richard C. Paine 166 Portrait of a woman in an armchair, [1633]. New
ASl The anatomy lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp, 1632. The York, N.Y., The Metropolitan Museum of Art 384
Hague, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen, A80 Portrait of the minister Johannes Wtenbogaert, 1633.
Mauritshuis 172 South Queensferry, W. Loth., Dalmeny House, coIl.
AS2 Portrait of Marten Looten, 1632. Los Angeles, Cal., Earl of Rosebery 392
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 190 A8I Portrait of a man (possibly the poet Jan Harmensz.
AS3 Portrait ofJoris de Caullery, 1632. San Francisco, Krul), [1633]. Kassel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Cal., M.H. de Young Memorial Museum 199 Kassel, Schloss Wilhelmshohe 399
AS4 Portrait of a man trimming his quill, 1632. Kassel, Portrait of Maertgen van Bilderbeecq, 1633.
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, Schloss Frankfurt am Main, Stadelsches Kunstinstitut 406
Wilhelmshohe 206 Portrait of a woman, [1633]. New York, N.Y., The
ASS Portrait of a young woman seated, 1632. Vienna, Metropolitan Museum of Art 413
Akademie der bildenden Kiinste, Portrait of a young woman, 1633. Formerly Santa
Gemaldegalerie 2 13 Barbara, Cal., private collection 4/8
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