Portrait of Rembrandt van Rijn

Jan Lievens, c. 1629

As young artists, Rembrandt and Lievens shared a workshop in Leiden. Lievens painted his friend wearing a metal gorget and a beret. Rembrandt also portrayed himself in the same outfit a number of times during this period. In this little painting Lievens not only recorded his friend’s likeness, but also imitated his style, adopting Rembrandt’s characteristic dark colours, powerful contrasts of light and shade and tiny scratches in the paint.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-C-1598
Dimensionsheight 75 cm x width 62.8 cm x depth 7.6 cm, height 57 cm x width 44.7 cm
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

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Identification

Title(s)
- Portrait of Rembrandt van Rijn
- Portrait of Rembrandt
Object type
Object number
SK-C-1598
Description
Portret van Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. Buste met halsberg, witte halsdoek en baret.
Inscriptions / marks
signature: ‘I.L.’
Catalogue reference
- W. Bürger, Trésors d'Art en Angleterre, 1865, p. 251
- Rembrandt under the Skin. The Mauritshuis "Portrait of Rembrandt with Gorget" in retrospect, uit: Oud Holland, 114, 2000, 2/4, pagina pp. 164-187 - p. 178-179, 185(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42712023)
- Documentatiemap.
- A. von Wurzbach, II, 1910, p. 46
- H. Gerson, 'The Rembrandt Exhibitions of 1969', The Burlington Magazine 111 (1969), p. 782
- G. Scharf, Pictures at Knowsley Hall, 1875, nr. 74
- K. Bauch, 'Zum Werk des Jan Lievens', Pantheon 25 (1967), p. 263
- Pieter Roelofs, 'Nu of nooit : Lievens eindelijk op bezoek bij vriend Rembrandt', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 3, p. 96-97.
- J. Bruyn, Reviewed Work: Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler vi (Einleitung und Schlusswort. Corrigenda und Addenda. Nachträge 2. Ortsregister. Ikonographisches Register. Bibliographie. Künstlerverzeichnis i-vi) by Werner Sumowski, uit: Oud Holland, 110, 1996, 3/4, pagina pp. 165-173 - p. 172(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42711545) Waarschijnlijk niet Rembrandt's portret.
- A.F. Janson, Rembrandt in the Indanapolis Museum of Art, Perception I (1981), p. 10

Creation

Creation
painter: Jan Lievens
Dating
c. 1629
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on panel
Material
Dimensions
- height 75 cm x width 62.8 cm x depth 7.6 cm
- height 57 cm x width 44.7 cm

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Person
Subject

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from a private collector
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
...; ? purchased in Holland for £5 by Hamlet Winstanley (1694-1756) for James Stanley (1664-1736), 10th Earl of Derby, Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool;{Recorded in an 1801 catalogue of the collection. See Scharf 1875, no. 74} first recorded in an inventory of the paintings at Knowsley Hall, 1736 (‘A head of one of the Earls of Derby, by Lievens. Price £ 6’.);{Scharf 1875, no. 74} by descent to Edward John Stanley (1919-94), 18th Earl of Derby, Knowsley Hall; sale [section The Earl of Derby], London (Christie’s), 17 July 1964, no. 48, as Portrait of a gentleman, to Daniël Hendrik Cevat (1913-1990), Saint Peter Port, Guersney...; on loan from a private collection to the museum, since 1979
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

- W. Bürger, Trésors d'Art en Angleterre, 1865, p. 251
- Rembrandt under the Skin. The Mauritshuis "Portrait of Rembrandt with Gorget" in retrospect, uit: Oud Holland, 114, 2000, 2/4, pagina pp. 164-187 - p. 178-179, 185(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42712023)
- Documentatiemap.
- A. von Wurzbach, II, 1910, p. 46
- H. Gerson, 'The Rembrandt Exhibitions of 1969', The Burlington Magazine 111 (1969), p. 782
- G. Scharf, Pictures at Knowsley Hall, 1875, nr. 74
- K. Bauch, 'Zum Werk des Jan Lievens', Pantheon 25 (1967), p. 263
- Pieter Roelofs, 'Nu of nooit : Lievens eindelijk op bezoek bij vriend Rembrandt', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 3, p. 96-97.
- J. Bruyn, Reviewed Work: Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler vi (Einleitung und Schlusswort. Corrigenda und Addenda. Nachträge 2. Ortsregister. Ikonographisches Register. Bibliographie. Künstlerverzeichnis i-vi) by Werner Sumowski, uit: Oud Holland, 110, 1996, 3/4, pagina pp. 165-173 - p. 172(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42711545) Waarschijnlijk niet Rembrandt's portret.
- A.F. Janson, Rembrandt in the Indanapolis Museum of Art, Perception I (1981), p. 10

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