Portrait of Ephraim Bueno

• Portrait of Ephraim Bueno
• Portrait of a Man, thought to be Dr. Ephraïm Bueno
• Portrait of Dr Ephraïm Bueno

Portrait of a Man, thought to be Dr. Ephraïm Bueno

SK-A-3982

Ephraim Bueno (1599–1665), a Jewish physician, poet and translator from Portugal, probably belonged to Rembrandt’s circle of friends. Rembrandt painted his portrait as a preparatory study for a print. He concentrated on the face and the division of light and dark; the rest was less important for the purposes of this sketch. This explains the fairly coarse brushstrokes for the clothing and hands.

The Rembrandt Database, Object information, Rembrandt, Portrait of a man probably Ephraïm Bueno, c. 1647, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. SK-A-3982, http://www.rembrandtdatabase.org/Rembrandt/painting/2957/portrait-of-a-man-probably-ephraim-bueno, accessed 2016 February 01

painter: Rembrandt van Rijn

1645 - 1647

olieverf op paneel

• height 19 cm x width 15 cm
• depth 6 cm

Public domain

…; ? sale, Willem Six (1662-1733, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (G. Schoemaker et al.), 12 May 1734, no. 84 (`Het Joode Doctortje, genaamt Epfraim Bueno, door Rembrand van Ryn'.), fl. 80, to the painter and dealer Philip van Dijk;{Copy Six Archives, Amsterdam.} …; sale, Johan Hendrik, Graaf van Wassenaer Obdam (1683-1745, The Hague), The Hague (P. de Hondt), 17 (19) August 1750 sqq., no. 8 ('Het Doctoortje, met 2 Handen. 7 1/2 x 6 duim [19.3 x 15.4 cm]'.), fl. 138, to the dealer P. Ietswaart, probably for Gerret Braamcamp (1699-1771), Amsterdam;{Bille 1961, II, p. 114, no. 178.} first recorded in his collection, 1752;{Coll. cat. Braamcamp 1752, p. 508: 'Een dito van een oud Man, zynde het Doctoortje, door denzelven [Rembrandt] h. 7 en een half d., br. 6 d. [19.3 x 15.4 cm] P.'.} his sale, Amsterdam (P. van der Schley et al.), 31 July 1771, no. 178 (`Hoog 7 1/2, en breed 6 duim. [19.3 x 15.4 cm] Pnl. Het Pourtrait van Ephraïm Bonus, bekend onder den naam van Joodsche Doctor, zynde ter halver lyf verbeeld, als van een trap afkomende. Rembrand heeft dit Pourtrait zelfs in Print gebragt´.), fl. 200, to the dealer P. Fouquet; ...; sale, Jonkheer Johan Goll van Franckenstein (1756-1832, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (J. de Vries et al.) 1 July 1833, no. 67 ('Hauteur 19 cm; largeur 16 cm. Bois. Pourtrait d'Ephraim Bonus surnommé le docteur juif et connu par la gravure qu'en a faite Rembrandt lui-même. Ce personnage est debout portant à un des doigts de sa main gauche le fameux anneau que connaissent si bien les compilateurs en estampes. Il y a dans cette figure un nerf et une vie qui étonnent'.), fl. 825, to the dealer A. Brondgeest for Jonkheer Hendrik Six (1790-1847), Lord of Hillegom, Amsterdam; his sons, Jan Pieter Six (1824-99), Lord of Hillegom and Pieter Hendrik Six (1827-1905), Lord of Vromade, Amsterdam; his son, Jonkheer Jan Willem Six (1872-1936), Lord of Vromade, The Hague (lent to the museum, April 1915 - March 1920, SK-C-1046); his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 29 June 1920, no. 1, fl. 88,000, to Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), 20 Hobbemastraat, Amsterdam; by whom, with the rest of his collection, fl. 6,350,000, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as collateral security for the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct;{Haga 1974, p. 88; Muller/Schretlin 2002, p. 53.} from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, fl. 150,000, to the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940 (inv. no. 1428);{Schwarz 2004, p. 103, no. II/39.} war recuperation, SNK, 9 October 1945;{Schwarz 2004, p. 103, no. II/39; MCCP website, no. 1494.} on loan from the SNK to the museum, June 1948 - 1960 (SK-C-1397); transferred to the museum, 1960

The Rembrandt Database, Object information, Rembrandt, Portrait of a man probably Ephraïm Bueno, c. 1647, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. SK-A-3982, http://www.rembrandtdatabase.org/Rembrandt/painting/2957/portrait-of-a-man-probably-ephraim-bueno, accessed 2016 February 01

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20026156