Portrait of Rembrandt as a Soldier
| Reference: | S44708 |
| Author | Jan LIEVENS |
| Year: | 1630 ca. |
| Measures: | 80 x 100 mm |
| Reference: | S44708 |
| Author | Jan LIEVENS |
| Year: | 1630 ca. |
| Measures: | 80 x 100 mm |
Description
Portrait of Rembrandt as a soldier, bust in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a helmet; probably after a self-portrait by Rembrandt.
Etching, 1630/50 circa, without date and signature.
A fine impression, on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark, a small spot in the center, otherwise good condition.
Born in Leiden, the son of an embroiderer from Ghent. In Leiden he studied with Joris van Schooten from 1615, becoming a pupil of Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam from 1619-21. From 1625/26 until 1631 he worked independently in Leiden alongside Rembrandt, who although one year older, started his artistic training with Lastman some six years later. His early work resembles and initially influenced Rembrandt; but from the 1630s the influence of Van Dyck dominates his style. He produced a considerable number of prints (Hollstein lists 96 etchings and 10 woodcuts, one in chiaroscuro) as well as paintings and drawings of every kind of subject-matter.
Bibliografia
Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (94); Rovinski 1894, L'oeuvre gravé des élèves de Rembrandt (40.86).
Jan LIEVENS (Leida 1607 - Amsterdam 1674)
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Dutch painter. From 1626 until 1631 he worked independently in Leiden alongside Rembrandt. In 1656 Rembrandt still had paintings by Lievens. Born in Leiden, the son of an embroiderer from Ghent. In Leiden he studied with Joris van Schooten from 1615, becoming a pupil of Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam from 1619-21. From 1625/26 until 1631 he worked independently in Leiden alongside Rembrandt, who although one year older, started his artistic training with Lastman some six years later. In England from 1632-4, where he received royal patronage, he was in Antwerp by 1635, marrying there in 1638 and remaining, apart from a period in Holland in 1639-40 to execute a commission for the Town Hall at Leiden, until 1644 when he settled in Amsterdam. He was commissioned to produce work both for the Huis ten Bosch near The Hague (1650), where he resided from 1654-8, and the new Amsterdam Town Hall (1656 and 1661). During 1670-71 he was again living in The Hague, followed by a period in Leiden, but was back in Amsterdam in February 1674, four months before his death. Other official commissions included work for the chamber of the Holland provincial assembly in The Hague (1664), and for the Rijnlandshuis in Leiden (1666 and 1669-70). His early work resembles and initially influenced Rembrandt; but from the 1630s the influence of Van Dyck dominates his style. He produced a considerable number of prints (Hollstein lists 96 etchings and 10 woodcuts, one in chiaroscuro) as well as paintings and drawings of every kind of subject-matter.
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Jan LIEVENS (Leida 1607 - Amsterdam 1674)
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Dutch painter. From 1626 until 1631 he worked independently in Leiden alongside Rembrandt. In 1656 Rembrandt still had paintings by Lievens. Born in Leiden, the son of an embroiderer from Ghent. In Leiden he studied with Joris van Schooten from 1615, becoming a pupil of Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam from 1619-21. From 1625/26 until 1631 he worked independently in Leiden alongside Rembrandt, who although one year older, started his artistic training with Lastman some six years later. In England from 1632-4, where he received royal patronage, he was in Antwerp by 1635, marrying there in 1638 and remaining, apart from a period in Holland in 1639-40 to execute a commission for the Town Hall at Leiden, until 1644 when he settled in Amsterdam. He was commissioned to produce work both for the Huis ten Bosch near The Hague (1650), where he resided from 1654-8, and the new Amsterdam Town Hall (1656 and 1661). During 1670-71 he was again living in The Hague, followed by a period in Leiden, but was back in Amsterdam in February 1674, four months before his death. Other official commissions included work for the chamber of the Holland provincial assembly in The Hague (1664), and for the Rijnlandshuis in Leiden (1666 and 1669-70). His early work resembles and initially influenced Rembrandt; but from the 1630s the influence of Van Dyck dominates his style. He produced a considerable number of prints (Hollstein lists 96 etchings and 10 woodcuts, one in chiaroscuro) as well as paintings and drawings of every kind of subject-matter.
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