Old man with a long coat and a large hat
Maker
Workshop of
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
1606-1669
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
1606-1669
Title
Old man with a long coat and a large hat
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines trimmed away on all but the bottom edge
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Width: 9.3 cm
Width: 9.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.197
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
Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 8th Earl of Abingdon (1887-1963); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 17 July 1935?; Victor Koch, Hampstead (1867-1959); purchased from him by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 1937; Princes Gate Bequest 1978 See Long description for more re: Victor Koch.
Exhibition History
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/07/1983-25/09/1983
Literature
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Galllery, 1983
cat. no. 29
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 197
pl. XXII
dated c. 1656 or slightly later, convinced verso is Rembrandt's handwriting
Benesch, Otto, Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, 1954-73
vol. VI, A 96a
fig. 1696
under 'Attributions' and therefore not given wholly to Rembrandt ...More
'Erstmals publiziert Rembrandt' in 'Wiener Kurier', 11 Apr. 1953
ill.
Münz, L., 'Eine unpublizierte Ziechnung Rembrandts' in 'Alte und Neue Kunst', 1952; I
pp. 152ff
ill.
dated c. 1658 ...Less
cat. no. 29
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 197
pl. XXII
dated c. 1656 or slightly later, convinced verso is Rembrandt's handwriting
Benesch, Otto, Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, 1954-73
vol. VI, A 96a
fig. 1696
under 'Attributions' and therefore not given wholly to Rembrandt ...More
'Erstmals publiziert Rembrandt' in 'Wiener Kurier', 11 Apr. 1953
ill.
Münz, L., 'Eine unpublizierte Ziechnung Rembrandts' in 'Alte und Neue Kunst', 1952; I
pp. 152ff
ill.
dated c. 1658 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: whole sheet, brown ink, Drost's hand, and has obviously been trimmed down from a larger sheet as is cut off at all edges, transcribed by Peter Schatborn (e-mail in file from 2011) and concerns a list of prints of Biblical scenes especially the Life of the Virgin; the lines at the end of sentences was typical of a civil servant to precent anyone from adding words: "[...] racht van [...] / heromijt elshamer / [na]er del migelangel / [...] / [m]aria van gwijdo [Guido Reno] / [...]ius van christus ant [or 'tat'?] / [...] stuck / [j]oseph en marija / munneken van muts [Muziano] / [a]ndr munneken / [g]roetenis [verkondiging] barotius [Barocci] / ouwe munick carats [Carracci] / [...] op de scho [schoot?] / maria met d enghel / [m]aria madaleen / [m]unnick van baroosius [Barocci] / ovael maria [in en ovaal] / [...] maria / [...]"; lower left corner, graphite, very small and unclear but looks to be the same as on D.1978.PG.179: "Size 1 [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: whole sheet, brown ink, Drost's hand, and has obviously been trimmed down from a larger sheet as is cut off at all edges, transcribed by Peter Schatborn (e-mail in file from 2011) and concerns a list of prints of Biblical scenes especially the Life of the Virgin; the lines at the end of sentences was typical of a civil servant to precent anyone from adding words: "[...] racht van [...] / heromijt elshamer / [na]er del migelangel / [...] / [m]aria van gwijdo [Guido Reno] / [...]ius van christus ant [or 'tat'?] / [...] stuck / [j]oseph en marija / munneken van muts [Muziano] / [a]ndr munneken / [g]roetenis [verkondiging] barotius [Barocci] / ouwe munick carats [Carracci] / [...] op de scho [schoot?] / maria met d enghel / [m]aria madaleen / [m]unnick van baroosius [Barocci] / ovael maria [in en ovaal] / [...] maria / [...]"; lower left corner, graphite, very small and unclear but looks to be the same as on D.1978.PG.179: "Size 1 [?]".
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