Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher

Rembrandt1633 (or 1634)

Details

Title: Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn
Date Created: 1633 (or 1634)
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate: “Rembrandt f 1633”
Print State: First state
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1941
Materials & Techniques: Etching on cream laid paper
Keywords: clergy, male portraits, portraits
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 166 mm x 140 mm (6.54 in. x 5.51 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 266; H. 111; Münz 249; BB. 33H; White and Boon first state as before addition of fine parallel horizontal shading to upper left (extensive shading added to cap, collar, cloak, background)
Associated People: Created by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Accession Number: 1941.D1.37

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