Lot Essay
Based on van Vliet's etching in the opposite sense, of Rembrandt's Old Woman Reading, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Inv. no. A 3066).
An old Woman reading
Details
Circle of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669)
An old Woman reading
inscribed with the inventory number '638' on the reverse
oil on panel
12¾ x 10½in. (32.5 x 27cm.)
An old Woman reading
inscribed with the inventory number '638' on the reverse
oil on panel
12¾ x 10½in. (32.5 x 27cm.)
Provenance
probably De Reus, sale, Paris, May 23-4, 1777, lot 87 as 'Eleve de Rembrandt. Une vieille femme assise, & lisant. Elle a été gravée par Van Vliet. Hauteur 12 pounces, largeur 10 pounces 4 lignes' (13.10 livres to De Reus).
Duke Miklós Esterházy, Pottersdorf.
Duke Miklós Esterházy, Pottersdorf.
Literature
M. Simon, Az Esterházy Képtár Történte, 1915, p. 223, no. 638 as van Vliet.
probably J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S.H. Levie, P.J.J. van Thiel and E. van de Wetering, A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, I, 1982, p. 357, no. A37 under copies, no. 2.
probably J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S.H. Levie, P.J.J. van Thiel and E. van de Wetering, A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, I, 1982, p. 357, no. A37 under copies, no. 2.