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Lot Essay
Little is known about the artistic output of Titus van Rijn, Rembrandt’s only son. Three paintings by the young Titus were listed in Rembrandt’s inventory of 1656, but none of them has been identified. The only known works ascribed to the artist are this double-sided drawing and a sheet with Flora in Leiden. The two drawings are by the same hand and the Flora bears a possibly authentic signature.
Old descriptions of the present drawing mention a signature on the quiver that is no longer readable. The inscription with the name of the artist on the verso was probably instead added when the signature on the recto was still visible.
Titus was Rembrandt’s and Saskia’s only surviving son. He died young, at the age of twenty-seven, but was painted several times by his father when he was a teenager. Titus was trained as an artist early on, most likely by his father, but it seems that from 1658 onwards he was involved in an art dealership business with Hendrickje Stoffels, his stepmother. From that time on, Titus probably devoted more energies to the business than to painting.
Old descriptions of the present drawing mention a signature on the quiver that is no longer readable. The inscription with the name of the artist on the verso was probably instead added when the signature on the recto was still visible.
Titus was Rembrandt’s and Saskia’s only surviving son. He died young, at the age of twenty-seven, but was painted several times by his father when he was a teenager. Titus was trained as an artist early on, most likely by his father, but it seems that from 1658 onwards he was involved in an art dealership business with Hendrickje Stoffels, his stepmother. From that time on, Titus probably devoted more energies to the business than to painting.