A bearded Man, in a furred oriental Cap and Robe

Details

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
A bearded Man, in a furred oriental Cap and Robe
etching and engraving, 1631, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of New Hollstein's fifth, final state, just beginning to show a bit of wear on the left side of the cap, head and collar, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, some minor foxing, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 145 x 123 mm., Sheet 147 x 124 mm.

Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 263; Hind 53; New Hollstein 85

Lot Essay

There has been speculation that the sitter of this portrait might be Rembrandt's father. A large painting of the same man, standing and also dressed in Oriental costume, is in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (signed and dated 1632), and there are other portraits of this man by painters of Rembrandt's circle. It has been argued that the present etching is the companion piece to The Artist's Mother seated, in an Oriental Headdress: half-length (B. 348; New Holl. 86) of the same year, 1631.
This is one of the first plates which Rembrandt etched in separate stages, in order to create areas of different depth and strength.

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