Rembrandt:
A Polish Nobleman
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Artist |
Rembrandt
(1606–1669)
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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
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4 October 1669
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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 |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5598 |
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Title |
A Polish Nobleman
label QS:Lde,"Ein polnischer Edelmann"
label QS:Lpl,"Szlachcic polski"
label QS:Len,"A Polish nobleman" |
Object type |
painting
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Genre |
portrait
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Description |
Half figure of a man in oriental costume. Jan Nowak-Jezioranski identifies him as
Andrzej Rej, a grandson of Mikołaj Rej, a leading Polish poet and prose writer of the Renaissance. Andrzej Rej (ca. 1584-1641) was a governor of Libusza, Calvinist activist, and a diplomat who was sent on a diplomatic mission in 1637 to the Danish, Dutch and English courts. Other sources identify the sitter as
John III Sobieski, King of Poland. |
Date |
1637 date QS:P571,+1637-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on
panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 96.8 cm (38.1 in); width: 66 cm (25.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,96.8U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,66U174728 |
Collection |
National Gallery of Art
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Native name |
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Location |
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Coordinates |
38° 53′ 29″ N, 77° 01′ 12″ W
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Established |
17 March 1941
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Website |
www.nga.gov
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Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q214867 |
Current location |
West Building, ground floor, room 48 |
Accession number |
1937.1.78 |
Object location |
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Object history |
Harman van Swol,
Amsterdam (?)
20 April 1707: sale of the collection of Harman van Swol at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam, lot no. 15, for NLG 49 (as ‘Een Ambassadeur van Moscovien, van Rembrant kragtig geschildert’) (?)
1765: purchased by Philippus Florentinus Vergeloo,
Antwerp, from N.N.,
Rotterdam, for Count Johan Carl Philipp Cobenzl (1712-1770) 1768: purchased by Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796),
Saint Petersburg
by 1931date QS:P,+1931-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1931-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 :
Hermitage Museum,
Saint Petersburg
1931: purchased by Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937),
Pittsburgh/
Washington, D.C.
30 March 1932: given to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust,
Pittsburgh
1937: given to the National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C.
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Exhibition history |
Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art, 1969, National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C., Cat.no. 3, p. 13.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date top right:
Rembrandt.f:. / 1637
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References |
National Gallery of Art online catalogue, as A Polish Nobleman, height: 96.8 cm (38.1 in); width: 66 cm (25.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,96.8U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,66U174728 .
RKDimages, Art-work number 39337, as Half figure of a man in oriental costume, height: 96.7 cm (38 in); width: 66.1 cm (26 in)dimensions QS:P2048,96.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,66.1U174728 |
Source/Photographer |
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection |
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