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Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher, by Rembrandt

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An image of Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, sulphur tint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 278 mm, width, plate, 188 mm; height, sheet, 279 mm, width, sheet, 192 mm, 1646. Production Note: II/II. Notes: The sitter was a cousin by marriage of Rembrandt's wife, Saskia, and her guardian. Rembrandt produced a lifetime portrait of Sylvius in 1633 (see AD.12.39-194, 23.K.5-344 & 345), as well as this posthumous one (Sylvius died in 1638); however, the reasons for the production of this portrait are still obscure, perhaps the result of a commission or possibly the artist's wish to commemorate a member of his wife's family. Although given the same accession number, and mounted directly above the lower part of the verse fragment in Viscount Fitzwilliam's Rembrandt album, this impression does not appear to be from the same sheet as 23.K.5-368 (2). Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B280 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB46-E II/II; 1955.

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Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, sulphur tint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 278 mm, width, plate, 188 mm; height, sheet, 279 mm, width, sheet, 192 mm, 1646. Production Note: II/II. Notes: The sitter was a cousin by marriage of Rembrandt's wife, Saskia, and her guardian. Rembrandt produced a lifetime portrait of Sylvius in 1633 (see AD.12.39-194, 23.K.5-344 & 345), as well as this posthumous one (Sylvius died in 1638); however, the reasons for the production of this portrait are still obscure, perhaps the result of a commission or possibly the artist's wish to commemorate a member of his wife's family. Although given the same accession number, and mounted directly above the lower part of the verse fragment in Viscount Fitzwilliam's Rembrandt album, this impression does not appear to be from the same sheet as 23.K.5-368 (2). Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B280 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB46-E II/II; 1955.

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  • Accession Number: AD.12.39-173
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 709 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 701.42kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2018:02:06 10:20:27

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17th Century aged bearded beards bible caps Christianity churchman drypoint Dutch elderly engraving etching Fitz_PDP Jan Cornelis Sylvius male man minister old old man oval portraits preacher preaching print religion religious Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn sulphur tint

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