A CORPUS OF REMBRANDT PAINTINGS Stichting Foundation Rembrandt Research Project A CORPUS OF REMBRANDT PAINTINGS MCMLXXXIX MARTINUS NIJHOFF PUBLISHERS Dordrecht • Boston • London Stichting Foundation Rembrandt Research Project A CORPUS OF REMBRANDT PAINTINGS J. BRUYN • B. HAAK • S.H. LEVIE P.J.J. VAN THIEL· E. VAN DE WETERING with the collaboration if L. PEESE BINKHORST-HOFFSCHOL TE • J. VIS translated by D. COOK-RADMORE MCMLXXXIX MARTINUS NIJHOFF PUBLISHERS Dordrecht • Boston • London Frontispiece: Detail of no. A 106, John the Baptist preaching, Berlin (West), Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemaldegalerie Of this edition 125 copies have been specially bound and numbered 1-120 and I-V. Subscribers to the complete special bound set will receive subsequent volumes with an identical number. The copies with roman numbers are solely for publishers' use. 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Box 163 3300 AD Dordrecht The Netherlands Manufactured in the Netherlands: Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 82-18790 Typesetting and textprocessing - Euroset, Amsterdam Lithography - Nauta en Haagen, Amsterdam The publication of this work has been made possible by the Printing - Boom-Ruygrok Offset, H<t<trlem fmancial support of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Paper - Lutkie & Smit Papier, Culemborg Research (NWO) and the Prins Bernhard Fonds. Binding and materials - Koninklijke Wohrmann, Zutphen VI Contents PREFACE IX A 121 The angel Raphael leaving Tobit and his family, [1637]. PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI Paris, Musee du Louvre 232 X-RAY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Xlii A 122 Half-length figure of a man in 'Polish' costume, 1637. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER ABBREVIATIONS XIV Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art 242 A 123 The wedding of Samson, 1638. Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister 248 A 124 The risen Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene, 1638. Introduction London, Buckingham Palace, H.M. Queen Elizabeth II 258 Chapter I A 125 Landscape with the Good Samaritan, 1638. STYLISTIC FEATURES OF THE 1630S: THE HISTORY PAINTINGS 3 Krakow, Muzeum Narodowe 265 (j. B. , E.V. D.W.) A 126 The Entombment, [c. 1635/16391. Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Alte Chapter II Pinakothek 271 STUDIO PRACTICE AND STUDIO PRODUCTION (j.B.) 12 A 127 The Resurrection, [c. 1635/1639]. Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Alte Chapter III Pinakothek 280 A SELECTION OF SIGNATURES, 1635-1642 (j.B.) 51 A 128 Man in oriental costume (King Uzziah stricken with leprosy?), [c. 16391. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 1635-1642 57 Chatsworth, The Duke of Devonshire and Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement 289 A 129 Portrait of a man, standing (Comelis Witsen?), [16391. Kassel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, Schloss Wilhelmshohe 297 Catalogue A 130 Portrait of a man holding a hat, [C.1639]. Los Angeles, Cal., The Armand Hammer NOTES ON THE CATALOGUE 62 Collection 305 A 131 Portrait of a young woman, probably Maria Trip, [1639]. Paintings by Rembrandt Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (on loan from the Familie A 105 The Entombment, [1633/16351. van Weede Stichting) 312 Glasgow, Hunterian Art Gallery, University of A 132 Portrait of Aletta Adriaensdr., [16391. Glasgow 65 Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Willem A 106 John the Baptist preaching, [1634/16351. van der Vorm Foundation 321 Berlin (West), Staatliche Museen Preussischer A 133 A dead bittern held high by a hunter, [1639]. Kulturbesitz, Gemaldegalerie 70 Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, A 107 The Lamentation, [1634/35]. Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister 328 London, The National Gallery 89 A 134 Dead peacocks and a girl, [c. 16391. A 108 Abraham's sacrifice, 1635. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum 334 Leningrad, The Hermitage Museum 101 A 135 The Concord of the State, [later 163os]. A 109 Samson threatening his father-in-law, [16351. Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen 341 Berlin (West), Staatliche Museen Preussischer A 136 Landscape with a stone bridge, [late 1630S]. Kulturbesitz, Gemaldegalerie 114 Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum 357 A llO Belshazzar's feast, [c. 1635]. A 137 Mountain landscape with a thunderstorm, [c. 1640]. London, The National Gallery 124 Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum 362 A III The prodigal son in the tavern, [c. 1635]. A 138 The Visitation, 1640. Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Detroit, Mich., The Detroit Institute of Arts 367 Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister 134 A 139 Self-portrait, 1640. A ll2 Flora, [1635]. London, The National Gallery 375 London, The National Gallery 148 A 140 Portrait of Herman Doomer, 1640. A ll3 The rape of Ganymede, 1635. New York, N.Y., The Metropolitan Museum of Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Art 382 Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister 161 A 141 Portrait of Baertje Martens, [1640] . A 114 Minerva, 1635. Leningrad, The Hermitage Museum 390 Tokyo, Japan private collection (Deposit Bridgestone A 142 Saskia as Flora, 1641. Museum of Art, Tokyo) 168 Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, A 115 Portrait of Philips Lucasz., 1635. Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister 395 London, The National Gallery 175 A 143 Portrait of the Mennonite preacher Camelis Claesz. A 116 The blinding of Samson, [1636]. Anslo and his wife Aeltje Gerritsdr. Schouten, 1641. Frankfurt-am-Main, Stadelsches Kunstinstitut 183 Berlin (West), Staatliche Museen Preussischer A ll7 Susanna at the bath, 1636. Kulturbesitz, Gemaldegalerie 403 The Hague, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen, A 144 Portrait of Nicolaes van Bambeeck, [16411. Mauritshuis 196 Brussels, Musee Royal des Beaux-Arts 416 A ll8 The Ascension, 1636. A 145 Portrait of Agatha Bas, 1641. Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Alte London, Buckingham Palace, H.M. Queen Pinakothek 202 Elizabeth II 424 A ll9 Danae, [1636-1643]. A 146 The company of captain Frans Banning Cock and Leningrad, The Hermitage Museum 209 lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburgh, A 120 The standard-bearer, 1636. called The Night watch, 1642. Paris, private collection 224 Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum 430 VII CONTENTS Paintings Rembrandt's authorship of which cannot be positively either accepted or rejected C 107 Portrait of a woman. B 9 Ahasuerus condemning Haman, who begs mercy of England, Coil. Duke of Westminster 674 Esther. C 108 Portrait ot Antonie Coo pal. Bucharest, Muzeul de Arta al Republicii socialiste Boston, Mass., Museum of Fine Arts, on anonymous Romania 487 loan 679 B 10 Bust of Rembrandt with an architectural background. C 109 Portrait of an old man in tabbard. Paris, Musee du Louvre 498 Mertoun, Berwickshire, The Duke of Sutherland 685 B 11 Half-length figure of a youth in a cap and gorget. C 110 Portrait of a man in a doorway. Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi 506 Private collection 691 B 1.2 River landscape with a windmill. C III Portrait of Petronella Buys. Kassel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, Schloss Formerly New York, Coil. Mr Andre Meyer 695 Wilhelmshohe 514 C 112 Portrait of a 70-year-old woman. New York, N.Y., The Metropolitan Museum of Paintings Rembrandt's authorship of which cannot be accepted Art 699 C 83 Manoah's sacrifice. C 113 Portrait of Anna Wijmer. Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Amsterdam, Six Collection 705 Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister 523 C 114 Portrait of a seated woman with a handkerchief. C 84 David's parting from Jonathan. Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario 716 Leningrad, The Hermitage Museum 533 C 115 Bust of a woman with a book, in fanciful dress. C 85 The departure of the Shunammite woman. Los Angeles, Cal., Wight Art Gallery, University of London, Victoria & Albert Museum 542 California 723 C 86 Tobias healing his blind father. C 116 Landscape with the baptism of the Eunuch. Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie 551 Hanover, Niedersachsische Landesgalerie, on loan from C 87 The Holy Family with S. Anne. Pelikan AG Hannover 729 Paris, Musee du Louvre 557 C 117 Landscape with obelisk. C 88 The parable of the labourers in the vineyard. Boston, Mass., Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 737 Leningrad, The Hermitage Museum 568 C 118 Landscape with a seven-arched bridge. C 89 Half-length figure of an old woman, presumably the Berlin (West), Staatliche Museen Preussischer prophetess Anna. Kulturbesitz, Gemaldegalerie 743 Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum 576 C 119 Landscape with a moated castle. C 90 S. Francis at prayer. London, The Wallace Collection 749 Columbus, Ohio, The Columbus Museum of Art 583 C 120 Landscape with a walled town. C 91 Scholar at a table with books and a candlestick. Madrid, Coil. Duke of Berwick and Alba 756 Budapest, Szepmiiveszeti Muzeum 587 C 121 Wooded landscape with a castle. C 92 Half-length figure of Rembrandt. Whereabouts unknown 760 England, private collection 592 C 122 A slaughtered ox. C 93 Half-length figure of Rembrandt. Glasgow, Art Gallery and Museum 764 Woburn Abbey, Beds., The Duke of Bedford 597 C 94 Half-length figure of Rembrandt. Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada 603 Corrigenda et Addenda 773 C 95 Half-length figure of a young woman in fanciful costume. Private collection 608 C 96 Bust of Rembrandt in a black cap. Tables and Indexes London, The Wallace Collection 612 C 97 Bust of Rembrandt. TABLE OF TECHNICAL REFERENCE MATERIAL 779 Pasadena, Cal., Norton Simon Museum of Art 619 TABLE OF DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL DATA, including revisions C 98 Bust of a man with a plumed cap.