File:Jan Lievens - old man with a skull 1620s.jpg

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Artist



Alternative names	Jan Lievensz., Jan Livens, Jan Lyvius, Jan Lyvyus
Description	Dutch painter, drawer and ornamental painter
Date of birth/death	24 October 1607	4 June 1674
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work location	Leiden (1615-1617), Amsterdam (1617-1621), Leiden (1629-1631), London (1632-1634), Antwerp (1635-1644), Leiden (1629), Amsterdam (1644-1669), The Hague (1654-1658, 1670-1671), Leiden (1671-1672), Amsterdam (1672-1674)
Authority file	: Q430783 VIAF: 10120032 ISNI: 0000000080763278 ULAN: 500021942 LCCN: nr90017137 WGA: l/lievens WorldCat

Object type

painting

Description

Old man with a skull, depicts man formerly called "Rembrandt's father"

Date

between 1625 and 1626

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

61.6 cm x 48.3 cm

Notes

Mentioned in 1640 estate inventory of Lievens's patron Jan Jansz. Orlers (1570-1646), Leiden as de coster vant Gasthuys meet een Dootshooft in den arm; again mentioned in estate inventory of Barton Booth (1681-1733); his widow Hester Booth, née Santlow (c. 1690-1773); sold 6 December 2007 for £2,148,500 by the Trustees of the Earl of St. Germans' 1962 Settlement

Source/Photographer

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/jan-lievens-vanitas-an-old-5017458-details.aspx

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