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Summary
Rembrandt: Portrait of an old man
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| Title |
Portrait of an Elderly Man  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
portrait |
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| Date | 1667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 81.9 cm (32.2 in); width: 67.7 cm (26.6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
1118 |
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| Place of creation | Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
by 1761: Sampson Gideon (1699-1762), London/Belvidere House, Kent (as ‘Van Trump. Height 2 feet, 10 inches, Breadth 2 feet, 4 inches. Painted by Francis Hals’) Unknown date: inherited by Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley (1744-1824), Belvidere House, Kent Unknown date: inherited by Charlotte Elizabeth Eardley and Sir Culling Smith, 2nd Baronet (1768-1829), Belvidere House, Kent Unknown date: inherited by Sir Culling Eardley, 3rd Baronet (1805-1863), Belvidere House, Kent/Bedwell Park, Category:Hertfordshire Unknown date: inherited by Frances Selena Eardley, Bedwell Park, and Isabella Maria Eardley (....-1901) (?) by 1919: Agnew & Sons (art dealer), London 1919: purchased by Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray (1856-1927), Cowdray Park, Midhurst, West Sussex, from Agnew & Sons, London 1999: purchased by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, from Cowdray Heritage Trust |
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| Exhibition history |
Pictures of the Italian, Spanish, Flemish and Dutch Schools, British Institution, London, 1821, cat. no. 112. Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French and English Masters, with Which the Proprietors Have Favoured the Institution, British Institution, London, 1845, cat. no. 78. Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Seventh Year, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1876–1877, cat. no. 255. Exhibition of 17th century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 3 January 1938–12 March 1938, cat. no. 128. An exhibition of paintings by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 20 August 1950–9 September 1950, cat. no. 35. Treasures from Sussex Houses, Worthing Art Gallery, Worthing, 9 June 1951–14 July 1951, cat. no. 179. Dutch Pictures 1450-1750, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 November 1952–1 March 1953, Cat.no. 175. European old masters. Art treasures centenary, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, 30 October 1957–31 December 1957, Cat.no. 105. Art in seventeenth century Holland, National Gallery, London, 30 September 1976–12 December 1976, Cat.no. 97. Rembrandt. A genius and his impact, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1 October 1997–7 December 1997, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 17 December 1997–15 February 1998, cat. no. 28. Hollanders in beeld, 13 October 2007–13 January 2008, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, Cat.no. 61. |
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| Credit line | Purchased by the Mauritshuis with support of the Stichting Vrienden van het Mauritshuis, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands, the Fund for National Cultural Heritage, the Sponsor Loterij, the Fonds 1818, the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the ING Group, Prof. Dr. Drs. A.C.R. Dreesmann, the Stichting dr. Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds and private individuals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom left: Rembrandt / f. 1667
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| References |
Mauritshuis online catalogue, as Portrait of an Elderly Man, height: 81.9 cm (32.2 in); width: 67.7 cm (26.6 in). RKDimages, Art-work number 33865, as Portrait of an elderly man, height: 81.9 cm (32.2 in); width: 67.7 cm (26.6 in) Vereniging Rembrandt, as Portret van een oude man, height: 81.9 cm (32.2 in); width: 67.7 cm (26.6 in). Web Gallery of Art, as Portrait of an Elderly Man, height: 81 cm (31.8 in); width: 67 cm (26.3 in). The Rembrandt Database, as Portrait of an elderly man, height: 81.9 cm (32.2 in); width: 67.7 cm (26.6 in). |
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| Source/Photographer | www.mauritshuis.nl : Home : Info : Pic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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