Head of a Boy

follower of Jan Lievens, in or after 1643

Jongenskopje. Buste van een jongen met lang krullend haar, naar rechts.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-2391
  • Dimensionssupport: height 27.5 cm x width 20 cm, outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. SK-L-1333)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Head of a Boy

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-2391

  • Description

    Jongenskopje. Buste van een jongen met lang krullend haar, naar rechts.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, lower right (false): ‘Rembrandt geretucee[rd] … Liev[ens]’

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Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: follower of Jan Lievens
    • painter: circle of Rembrandt van Rijn [rejected attribution]
    • painter: school of Rembrandt van Rijn

  • Dating

    in or after 1643

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 27.5 cm x width 20 cm
    • outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. SK-L-1333)

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    • purchase 1909-05
    • interne vervaardiging 1909-05

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; purchased from F. Negele, Munich, by the museum, 1909; on loan to Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 1956-76

Documentation

  • The Rembrandt Database, Object information, school ofschool vanRembrandt, or circle ofof omgeving vanRembrandt, Bust of a boy, ca. 1643, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. SK-A-2391, http://www.rembrandtdatabase.org/Rembrandt/painting/4096/bust-of-a-boy, accessed 2016 February 01

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