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Summary

Rembrandt: Sketch for the Posthumous Etching of Jan Cornelis Sylvius (

)

Artist



Alternative names	Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death	15 July 1606	4 October 1669
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file	: Q5598 VIAF: 64013650 ISNI: 0000000121363802 ULAN: 500011051 LCCN: n79142935 NLA: 35139809 WorldCat

Title

Sketch for the Posthumous Etching of Jan Cornelis Sylvius

Description

Study for File:B280 Rembrandt.jpg

Date

Circa 1646

Medium

pen and brown ink, white heightening on paper

Dimensions

height: 28.5 cm (11.2 in); width: 19.5 cm (7.6 in)

Collection

British Museum

	Native name	British Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1753
	Website	www.britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF: 134857252 ISNI: 0000000123428817 ULAN: 500125180 LCCN: n79107735 NLA: 35022119 WorldCat

Current location

Prints & Drawings

Accession number

1874,0808.2272

Place of creation

Amsterdam

Object history

30 March 1767 et sqq.: purchased by De Baudeville at the sale of the collection of Jean de Jullienne at an unknown auction house, Paris, lot no. 562, for 9.1 livres (as ‘L’Etude du Portrait de Jo. Co. Sylvius, et six autres dessins a la plume’) (?)

by 1874: Charles Francis Arnold Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow (1839-1881), United Kingdom 1874: purchased by the British Museum, London, from Charles Francis Arnold Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow, United Kingdom

Exhibition history

Guide to an exhibition of drawings and etchings by Rembrandt and etchings by other masters in the British Museum, British Museum, London, 1899, cat. no. A48.

Drawings and etchings by Rembrandt, British Museum, London, 1938, cat.: Summary list of the drawings and etchings by Rembrandt in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, cat. no. 65.

Rembrandt and his succession. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London, 1956 to commemorate the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt, British Museum, London, 1956–1957, cat. no. 7a, p. 7.

Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 September 1969–30 November 1969, cat. no. 75.

Portrait drawings XV-XX centuries, British Museum, London, 2 August 1974–31 December 1974, ISBN 9780714107394, cat. no. 105.

Drawings by Rembrandt and his circle in the British Museum, British Museum, London, 26 March 1992–4 August 1992, ISBN 9780714116402, cat. no. 46.

Rembrandt. The printmaker, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 22 July 2000–7 January 2001, British Museum, London, 26 January 2001–8 April 2001, ISBN 9781579583040, p. 70-71, 223, ill. 110 on p. 70.

Inscriptions

Number verso center:

77

References

British Museum, as Sketch for the posthumous etching of Jan Cornelisz Sylvius, circa 1646.

Source/Photographer

www.britishmuseum.org : Home : Info : Pic

Licensing

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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