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Head of a man in profile

Maker

(artist)
1800-1899

After
David Deuchar (etcher)
1743-1808

After
(artist)
1606-1669

Title

Date of Production

(? after) 1782

Medium

pen and black ink on paper, laid down on brown card

Dimensions

Height: 7.6 cm
Width: 7.6 cm

Accession Number

D.2012.XX.1

Mode of Acquisition

Helen Martin Leake, gift, 2012

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This pen and ink drawing appears to be a copy of an etching published by David Deuchar, a printmaker and publisher active in Edinburgh in the second half of the 18th century, which is in turn a copy with variations after Rembrandt's 'Bald headed man in profile to right' (an impression of which is in the British Museum: F,6.81). Deuchar added a longer beard to Rembrandt’s original. The etching by Deuchar appeared in A Collection of Etchings after the Most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools (published in Edinburgh between 1782-1803); as this drawing is on wove paper it is likely to have been made no earlier than the early 19th century, probably by a British draughtsman. There are some noticeable variations between Deuchar’s etching and the present drawing, particularly in the hatching in the background and in the inscription.

Provenance

probably Princess Helena (1846-1923); if so, presented by her to Frances, Lady Russell Reynolds (1834-1908). probably between 1897-1908; by descent to Kenneth Martin Leake; by descent to his widow, Helen Martin Leake; Gift of Helen Martin Leake 2012

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink, impersonating signature and date: “Rembrant 1636.”. Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite, difficult to read: “In[…] / 3: 4G”.

Collector's mark: none.

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