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Profile view of a seated man, head propped on his left hand

Maker

(artist)
1606-1669

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1638

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines mostly trimmed away

Dimensions

Height: 9.2 cm
Width: 7.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.407

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

Label Text

This rapidly drawn figure reveals Rembrandt’s mastery in the use of pen and ink. Despite the looseness and urgency of the lines, the man’s body and pose are precisely captured, as is the attentive expression of his upturned face. Stylistically, this study belongs to a small group of pen drawings connected to a painting depicting the Preaching of St. John and was probably executed as a preparatory study for an attentive member of the Baptist’s audience.

Provenance

Franz Kleinberger (Paris) (according to Benesch); exhibited at Alfred Brod Gallery (London), 16 February - 4 March 1961, no. 3 (listed for £1,750); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Special Display - Rembrandt drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 22/02/2007-03/06/2007

Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/07/1983-25/09/1983

Exhibition of drawings and watercolours, Alfred Brod Gallery, London, 16/02/1961-04/03/1961

Literature

Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Galllery, 1983
cat. no. 15
as fragment for a scene of a biblical sermon

Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 407
pl. XVI
dated c. 1640

Benesch, Otto, Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, 1954-73
vol. II, no. 347
fig. 397
dated c. 1637 ...More

Valentiner, W.R., Rembrandt. Des Meisters Handzeichnungen. Klassiker der Kunst, unpublished; vol. III
no. 1337

Royalton-Kisch, Martin, The drawings of Rembrandt: a revision of Otto Benesch's catalogue raisonné, rembrandtcatalogue.net ongoing
Benesch 0347 (posted 30 April 2018) and under 0348
Rembrandt, c. 1638 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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