Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
(Leyden, 1606 - 1669, Amsterdam)
Dateabout 1633
Place MadeNetherlands, Europe
MediumEtching
Dimensions4.5 x 5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP21n9
eMuseum ID729669
EmbARK ObjectID14482
Previous Number634
TMS Source ID3264
Last Updated11/26/24
DescriptionStolen in 1990.Status
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Only slightly larger than a postage stamp, this etching of a young Rembrandt van Rijn is one of over 300 plates created by the artist as part of his prolific printmaking career.
Purchased at auction on 18 March 1886, this small self-portrait was the first work by Rembrandt to enter into Isabella’s collection. Isabella chose to hang it directly below a large, painted self-portrait by Rembrandt in the Dutch Room, curating a small display of the artist’s likenesses in conversation with each other.
This work was stolen from the museum in 1990.
Purchased at auction on 18 March 1886, this small self-portrait was the first work by Rembrandt to enter into Isabella’s collection. Isabella chose to hang it directly below a large, painted self-portrait by Rembrandt in the Dutch Room, curating a small display of the artist’s likenesses in conversation with each other.
This work was stolen from the museum in 1990.
BibliographyNotesAdam Bartsch. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt, et ceux de ses principaux imitateurs, vol. 1 (Vienna, 1797), no. 2.
American Art Association. Catalogue of the art collection...Mary J. Morgan... (New York, 8-15 March 1886), p. 275, lot 2020.
Arthur M. Hind. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings, vol. 1, 2nd edition (London ,1923; 1st edition :Rembrandt' Etchings (London, 1912)), p. 94, no. 57.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 178.
Kristin A. Mortimer. "Report of the Curator." Fenway Court (1985), p. 70.
American Art Association. Catalogue of the art collection...Mary J. Morgan... (New York, 8-15 March 1886), p. 275, lot 2020.
Arthur M. Hind. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings, vol. 1, 2nd edition (London ,1923; 1st edition :Rembrandt' Etchings (London, 1912)), p. 94, no. 57.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 178.
Kristin A. Mortimer. "Report of the Curator." Fenway Court (1985), p. 70.
MarksNotesIn pencil (on mount): Blanc 206 [?]. Bartsch 2. Claussen [?] 2. Wilson [?] 2. Rembrandt. Rembrandt aux trois moustaches. This beautiful little portrait is extremely rare.
ProvenanceNotesAcquired by Mary Jane Morgan (d. 1885), American fine and decorative arts collector and second wife of the shipping, railroad, and iron magnate Charles Morgan (1795-1878), at an unknown date.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the sale of the collection of Mary Jane Morgan, lot 2020, for $120 on 18 March 1886, through the art dealer Frederick Keppel and Co., New York.
Stolen in 1990.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the sale of the collection of Mary Jane Morgan, lot 2020, for $120 on 18 March 1886, through the art dealer Frederick Keppel and Co., New York.
Stolen in 1990.
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