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NOTES ON THE PLATES The following abbreviations are used in these notes :--
FOR PICTURES B. (and number) stands for: WILHELM BODE, The Complete Work of Rembrandt &c. 8 vols. Paris, 1896-1906.
H. d. G. (and number) stands for: C. HOFSTEDE DE GROOT, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent
Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, vol. vi, sect. xxii (Rembrandt). London, 1916.
K. d. K. stands for: Rembrandt. Des Meisters Gemälde in 643 Abbildungen. ("Klassiker der Kunst," vol. ii.) Third
edition by W. R. VALENTINER. Stuttgart and Berlin, 1908.
K. d. K., Supp. stands for: Rembrandt. Wiedergefundene Gemälde ( 1910-1922). ("Klassiker der Kunst," vol. xxvii.)
Second edition by W. R. VALENTINER. Stuttgart, Berlin and Leipzig.
Br. (and number) stands for: Rembrandt Paintings. Ed. by A. BREDIUS. Phaidon Edition, London, 1942.
FOR DRAWINGS Lippmann (and number) stands for: Zeichnungen von Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, ed. by F. LIPMANN. Berlin,
1888 sqq.
H. d. G., Handzeichnugen (and number) stands for: C. HOFSTEDE DE GROOT, Die Handzeichnungen Rembrandts.
Haarlem, 1906.
Valentiner, Handzeichnungen (and number) stands for: W. R. VALENTINER, Die Handzeichnungen Rembrandts. 3 vols.
planned, 2 so far issued (vol. i, 1925, vol. ii, 1928). New York.
In references to Etchings, B. stands for ADAM BARTSCH, Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de
Rembrandt ( Vienna, 1797); and H. for ARTHUR M. HIND: Rembrandt's Etchings (2 vols., London, 1912). | | 1. REMBRANDT'S MOTHER READING THE BIBLE. Wilton House,
Earl of Pembroke.
B. 22. H. d. G. 320. K. d. K., p. 37. Br. 68.
Canvas, 29½ by 24 in.; 74 by 61 cm.
Velvet hood, brownish dress. Signed "Rembrandt P." Painted
about 1629.
In the Wilton collection before 1730.
Rembrandt's mother, Neeltgen Willemsdochter van Zuvtbrouck,
wife of Harmen Gerritsz. van Rijn ( 1568-1630) was buried
September 14, 1640. | | | 2. A SCHOLAR IN A LOFTY ROOM. London, National Gallery.
K. d. K., Supp., p. 8. Br. 427.
Panel, 21½ by 18 in.; 54 by 45 cm.
Scheme of colour practically a greyish golden monochrome.
Signed "Rembrandt ". Painted about 1630.
Warburton Davies collection; purchased for the National Gallery
from Sir Francis Davies, 1917. | | | 3. A SCHOLAR STUDYING ("ST. ANASTASIUS"). Stockholm,
National Museum.
B. 40. H.d.G. 186. K.d.K., p. 19. Br. 430.
Panel, 24 by 19 in.; 60 by 48 cm.
The figure in grey-blue cloak, with purple cap. Signed
"Rembrandt ft. 1631".
M. D. van Eversdijck sale, The Hague, May 26, 1766; Lucas von
Breda, Sweden; Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden; Gustavus III,
King of Sweden. | | | 4. A SCHOLAR IN A ROOM WITH A WINDING STAIR. Paris, Louvre.
B. 122. H. d. G. 233. K. d. K., p. 111. Br. 431.
Panel, 11½ by 13 in.; 29 by 33 cm.
The scholar in brown cloak, red cap. Signed "RHL van Ryn
1633".
Companion piece to a picture of a similar subject, now also in the
Louvre; and both paintings have the following history :--
Willem Six sale, Amsterdam, May 12, 1734; Comte de Vence
sale, Paris, February 9, 1761; Duc de Choiseul sale, Paris, April 6,
1772; Randon de Boisset sale, Paris, February 27, 1777; Comte
de Vaudreuil sale, Paris, November 24, 1784, when the pair was
acquired for King Louis XVI.
A drawing (in red chalk) for the principal figure is in the Print
Room, Berlin. (Lippmann, 2.) | | | 5. THE ANATOMY LESSON OF PROFESSOR TULP. The Hague,
Mauritshuis.
B. 55. H. d. G. 932. K. d. K., p. 69. Br. 403.
Canvas, 65 by 86½ in.; 162.5 by 216.5 cm.
Nicolaes Tulp ( 1593-1674), a celebrated anatomist and prælector
anatomiæ at Amsterdam since 1628, is demonstrating, on the corpse
of a man, the anatomy of certain muscles of the arm, to seven
masters of the Surgeons' Guild at Amsterdam. Tulp is in black,
with white collar and black hat; the listeners are in black, with
white ruffs, except the third figure from the left, eagerly bent
forward as he follows the demonstration, who is in purple satin.
Signed "Rembrandt f. 1632"; the names of the sitters are written
on a sheet of paper, held by the figure immediately to the left of
Tulp.
The picture was painted for the Anatomical Theatre of the
Surgeons' Guild at Amsterdam and remained there until 1828; it
was then offered for sale by auction at Amsterdam on August 4,
1828, but acquired before the sale for the collection of William I,
King of the Netherlands. | | | 6. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST. Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum.
B. 167. H. d. G. 526. Br. 21.
Panel, 22½ by 18 in.; 57 by 46 cm.
Brown cloak with fur collar, black velvet cap; patterned green
neck-cloth. Signed "Rembrandt f. 1634".
In the Prussian Royal collections at Sanssouci, Potsdam, by 1764. | | | 7. SASKIA, THE ARTIST'S WIVE. Dresden Gallery.
B. 151. H. d. G. 608. K. d. K., p. 126. Br. 97.
Panel, 21 by 17½ in.; 52.5 by 44.5 cm.
Blue gown, red velvet hat with white ostrich feather. Signed
"Rembrandt ft. 1633 ".
In the Dresden Gallery by 1817.
Saskia van Uylenburch, born in 1613, was married to Rembrandt
in 1634 and died on June 14, 1642. | | | 8. SASKIA. Cassel Gallery.
B. 150. H. d. G. 607. K. d. K., p. 127. Br. 101.
Panel, 39 by 30½ in.; 98 by 77 cm.
Deep purplish red robe; pale green under-garment, richly
embroidered round the neck; broad-brimmed hat of gold brocade,
lined with red velvet; white ostrich feather. A sprig of rosemary
in her right hand.
Not signed; painted about 1634.
Remained in Rembrandt's possession until 1652, when it was
acquired by Jan Six from the artist.
Jan Six sale, Amsterdam, April 6, 1702; Nicolaes Six collection;
Willem Six sale, Amsterdam, May 12, 1734; Valerius de Reuver
collection, Delft; acquired by Wilhelm VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-
Cassel in 1750, with the collection of Madame de Reuver.
Drawings for this picture are in the Albertina, Vienna ( H. d. G.,
Handzeichnungen, 1431) and in the Hofstede de Groot collection
( Valentiner, Handzeichnungen, ii, 674). | -29- | | |
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Publication Information: Book Title: Rembrandt: Selected Paintings. Contributors: Tancred Borenius - author, Rembrandt - author. Publisher: Phaidon Press. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1942. Page Number: 29.
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