Title:
Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher
Maker:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn; printmaker; Dutch artist, 1606-1669
Category:
Name:
print
Date:
1646
School/Style:
Dutch
Production
Note:
II/II.
Technique(s):
etching
drypoint
engraving
sulphur tint
Material(s):
black carbon ink; medium
laid paper; support
Dimension(s):
height, plate, 213, mm
width, plate, 190, mm
height, sheet, 214, mm
width, sheet, 190, mm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1816; Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Notes(s):
The sitter was a cousin by marriage of Rembrandt's wife, Saskia, and her guardian. Rembrandt produced a lifetime portrait of Sylvius in 1633 (see AD.12.39-194, 23.K.5-344 & 345), as well as this posthumous one (Sylvius died in 1638); however, the reasons for the production of this portrait are still obscure, perhaps the result of a commission or possibly the artist's wish to commemorate a member of his wife's family. Although given the same accession number, and mounted directly above the lower part of the verse fragment in Viscount Fitzwilliam's Rembrandt album, this impression does not appear to be from the same sheet as 23.K.5-368 (2).
Inscription(s):
signature; image upper centre; printed; Rembrandt
date; image upper centre; printed; 1646.
inscription; plate, around the oval; printed; Spes mea Christus. Iohannes Cornelij Sylvius. Amstelodamo-bat: functus SS. Minist: aos 45. et 6. menses. In Frisia, in Tyemarum et Phirdgum aos 4. In Balc et Harich unicum. In Minnertsgae aos 4. Slotis aos 2. In Hollandia, Slotis aos 6. Amstelodami aos 28. et 6. menses, ibidemquae obijt ao 1638. 19 Novembr. natus aos 74.
inscription; plate lower right; brown ink; 8 /6
watermark; Strasbourg Bend with initials 4 WR below shield [cut]; Similar to Ash & Fletcher 35.A.a
inscription; verso; graphite; 368; Fitzwilliam album number
stamp; verso; black ink; FITZWILLIAM COLLECTION; Lugt 932
stamp; verso; black ink; 23.K.5-368; Fitzwilliam album number
Alternative
Number(s):
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B280 II/II; 1969
Biörklund/Barnard; BB46-E II/II; 1955
Lugt; 932
Ash & Fletcher (Rembrandt watermarks); 35.A.a
Related Object(s):
AD.12.39-173; Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher
AD.12.39-194; Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher
23.K.5-344; Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher
23.K.5-345; Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher
AD.12.39-195; Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher
23.K.5-369; Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher
23.K.5-368(2); Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher (fragment)
Accession:
Object Number: 23.K.5-368(1)
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 86600; input: 2003-04-22; modified: 2011-12-16)
Permanent
Identifier:
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