Head of an old woman
Maker
Workshop of
(Artists)
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1606-1669
(Artists)
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1606-1669
Title
Head of an old woman
Date of Production
1640s or c. 1660?
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down on paper support; loss of lower right corner, which had some brown ink on it as evidenced by a stray line
Dimensions
Height: 4.3 cm
Width: 2.7 cm
Width: 2.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.189
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 10 February 1958; purchased there by Captain Norman Robert Colville (1893-1974), 2 May 1958 (£100); purchased back from him by Colnaghi (London), 21 January 1959; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 30 June 1959 (£100); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/07/1983-25/09/1983
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 28/05/1959-27/06/1959
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 28/05/1959-27/06/1959
Literature
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Galllery, 1983
cat. no. 14
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 189
pl. XIV
dated c. 1640
Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 1959
cat. no. 27 ...More
Royalton-Kisch, Martin, The drawings of Rembrandt: a revision of Otto Benesch's catalogue raisonné, rembrandtcatalogue.net ongoing
under 'Not in Benesch' (posted March 2013)
probably is not by Rembrandt but by a late pupil, perhaps Aert de Gelder, c. 1660 ...Less
cat. no. 14
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 189
pl. XIV
dated c. 1640
Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 1959
cat. no. 27 ...More
Royalton-Kisch, Martin, The drawings of Rembrandt: a revision of Otto Benesch's catalogue raisonné, rembrandtcatalogue.net ongoing
under 'Not in Benesch' (posted March 2013)
probably is not by Rembrandt but by a late pupil, perhaps Aert de Gelder, c. 1660 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower right, brown ink: “Rembrandt.”; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A23375 HE”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower right, brown ink: “Rembrandt.”; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A23375 HE”.
Collector's mark: none.
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