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STUDIO OF REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN, LEIDEN, 1606 - 1669, AMSTERDAM, OIL ON CANVAS Portrait,
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STUDIO OF REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN, LEIDEN, 1606 - 1669, AMSTERDAM, OIL ON CANVAS Portrait, Tronie of a Young Man with Gorget and Beret , Relined, held in a swept gilt frame, Indistinct early Christie's stencil verso.Collectors inventory pencil inscription verso stretcher: “No 69”.(sight 51cm x 62.5cm, frame 66cm x 78cm, stretcher 52cm x 64.5cm measured to edge of stretcher, with approx 1.5cm of canvas wrapped to edge)N.B. although not unanimously attributed to Rembrandt as an early self-portrait, the master version of this work known as ’Portrait of a Young Man’ (Circa 1639) has been part of the Uffizi Collection since 1913, with an early provenance linked to Anna Maria de Medici and Cosimo III de Medici (who visited Rembrandt twice in his Amsterdam studio )( Size: 54cm x 62.5cm, oil on panel). Galleria degli Uffizi inventory No: 3890 (Bredius 20). The painting was given by Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm, 1658 - 1716, son in law of Cosimo III de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, to the Marquis Carlo Gernini, 1648 - 1730, and his brothers Giovanni and Andrea, in respect of services rendered in the acquisition of several paintings. In 1724 the work was briefly publicly displayed at the Academie de Disegno. The Marquis de Gernini sold the work in 1818 to The Grand Duke Ferdinand III and it was placed in the Palazzo Pitti, and ultimately moved to the Uffizi in 1913.The present work clearly executed by an exceptional hand, differs in several respects from the Uffizi version. Most notably the sitter in this work appears to be younger in age. X Ray imaging reveals close similarity to the handling seen in the Uffizi version, however clear passages of pentimenti and originality of composition are also revealed. The earliest known engraving of the work titled ‘Ritratto di Rembrandt’ was made in 1759 by Johann Gottfied Seutter (1717-1800). See: www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1915-0106-15 Some scholars now accept that Rembrandt himself copied his early work known as The Tronie of a Young Officer with a Gorget ( Mauritshuis, Hague ), with the second autograph version to be found in Nuremberg [see ’Tronie of a Young Officer a second version by Rembrandt himself?’ Author: Prof Eric Jan Sluijter].
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STUDIO OF REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN, LEIDEN, 1606 - 1669, AMSTERDAM, OIL ON CANVAS Portrait, Tronie of a Young Man with Gorget and Beret , Relined, held in a swept gilt frame, Indistinct early Christie's stencil verso.Collectors inventory pencil inscription verso stretcher: “No 69”.(sight 51cm x 62.5cm, frame 66cm x 78cm, stretcher 52cm x 64.5cm measured to edge of stretcher, with approx 1.5cm of canvas wrapped to edge)N.B. although not unanimously attributed to Rembrandt as an early self-portrait, the master version of this work known as ’Portrait of a Young Man’ (Circa 1639) has been part of the Uffizi Collection since 1913, with an early provenance linked to Anna Maria de Medici and Cosimo III de Medici (who visited Rembrandt twice in his Amsterdam studio )( Size: 54cm x 62.5cm, oil on panel). Galleria degli Uffizi inventory No: 3890 (Bredius 20). The painting was given by Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm, 1658 - 1716, son in law of Cosimo III de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, to the Marquis Carlo Gernini, 1648 - 1730, and his brothers Giovanni and Andrea, in respect of services rendered in the acquisition of several paintings. In 1724 the work was briefly publicly displayed at the Academie de Disegno. The Marquis de Gernini sold the work in 1818 to The Grand Duke Ferdinand III and it was placed in the Palazzo Pitti, and ultimately moved to the Uffizi in 1913.The present work clearly executed by an exceptional hand, differs in several respects from the Uffizi version. Most notably the sitter in this work appears to be younger in age. X Ray imaging reveals close similarity to the handling seen in the Uffizi version, however clear passages of pentimenti and originality of composition are also revealed. The earliest known engraving of the work titled ‘Ritratto di Rembrandt’ was made in 1759 by Johann Gottfied Seutter (1717-1800). See: www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1915-0106-15 Some scholars now accept that Rembrandt himself copied his early work known as The Tronie of a Young Officer with a Gorget ( Mauritshuis, Hague ), with the second autograph version to be found in Nuremberg [see ’Tronie of a Young Officer a second version by Rembrandt himself?’ Author: Prof Eric Jan Sluijter].
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