Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

(Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

Bust of a bearded old Man

Oil on paper, mounted on panel,
3½ x 2½ ins. (8.9 x 6.4 cm)
Signed and dated along top: Rembrandt 1633

VP4856 

Sold to The Leiden Collection, USA
Provenance

Possibly Mrs. Van Sonsbeeck, before 1751.
Fréderic Szarvady (d. 1882), Paris (his sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 21 February 1874, no. 39 [for 2500 francs]).
V. Borie, 1881.
Private collection, Paris, 1900 [to F. Kleinberger Galleries]).
[F. Kleinberger Galleries, Paris, 1900 (to Baron Léon Janssen)].
Baron Léon Janssen (1849–1923), Brussels, by 1905 (his sale, Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 26 April 1927, no. 94 [to M. Knoedler & Co. for 35,200 florins]).
[M. Knoedler & Co., New York (to Andrew W. Mellon for $18,000)].
Andrew W. Mellon (1855–1937), Washington, D.C., 1928; by descent to his son Paul Mellon (1907–99) (to Arthur Amory Houghton Jr.).
Arthur Amory Houghton Jr. (1906–90), New York and Queenstown, M.D., by 1955 [through Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York (to Saul P. Steinberg)].
Saul P. Steinberg (1939–2012), New York, 1984 (sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 30 January 1997, no. 39 [to private collection, Tokyo and London).
Private collection, Tokyo and London.
From whom acquired by the present owner in 2018.


Literature

Von Bode, Wilhelm, and Cornelis Hofstede de Groot. The Complete Work of Rembrandt. History, Description and Heliographic Reproduction of all the Master’s Pictures with a Study of his Life and His Art. Translated by F. Simmonds. Paris, 1906, 8: 37, 91–93, no. 565.
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Exh. cat. Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal. Leiden, 1906, 17, no. 51.
Schmidt-Degener, Frederik. “Le troisième centenaire de Rembrandt en Hollande.” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 36   (1906): 276.
Possibly Bredius, Abraham. “Eenige taxaties van schilderijen in de XVIIe en in het begin der XVIIIe eeuw.” Oud Holland 24 (1906): 238.
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Exhibited

Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, “Rembrandt-hulde te Leiden,” 15 July–15 September 1906, no. 51 [lent by Baron Léon Janssen].
Brussels, “International Exhibition of Miniatures,” 1912, no. 1046 [lent by Baron Léon Janssen].
The Hague, Koninklijke Kunstzaal Kleykamp, “Tentoonstelling van schilderijen door oud-hollandsche en vlaamsche meesters,” 1927, no. 32 [lent by Baron Léon Janssen].
New York, National Academy of Design, “Dutch and Flemish Paintings from New York Private Collections,” 1988–89, no. 38 [lent by Saul P. Steinberg].
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, “Rembrandt: A Genius and His Impact,” 1 October–7 December 1997; Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, 17 December 1997–15 February 1998, no. 9.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, “Rembrandt’s Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher,” 26 October 2003–18 January 2004; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 14 February–9 May 2004, no. 31.
Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi, “Rembrandt, Vermeer and the Dutch Golden Age. Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection and the Musée du Louvre,” 14 February–18   May 2019 [lent by the present owner].


Essay

For the full catalague entry please click on the following link to The Leiden Collection
online catalogue:- https://www.theleidencollection.com/artwork/bust-of-a-bearded-old-man/