Bust of a Man (Rembrandt's Father?),, 1630
Rembrandt van Rijnexpand_more
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The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916expand_more P.1,332a
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This print belong to a genre called tronies, or character heads-usually anonymous figures portrayed with penetrating expressions and fanciful costumes. Although artists made tronies primarily to practice facial expressions, collectors prized them for their inventiveness, evocative techniques, and convincing emotional depth. Scholars are fairly confident that the subject of Bust of a Man (Rembrandt's Father') is not the artist's father, because it does not resemble the one surviving drawing Rembrandt made of him.
Details
- Title
- Bust of a Man (Rembrandt's Father?),
- Artist Life
- 1606 - 1669
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.1,332a
- Provenance
- blue stamp verso, Mary Jane Morgan (L. 1879).
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Hind 21 iv/v; Mg.39 v/v; B.304; Holl. 304 v/v; B-B. 30-E iv/v
- Curator Approved
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