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Portrait of Jan Asselijn

Portrait of Jan Asselijn

Artist/Maker (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Dateca. 1647
MediumEtching, engraving, and drypoint
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 6 11/16 in. (19.1 × 17 cm)
Plate: 8 9/16 × 6 11/16 in. (21.7 × 17 cm)
Sheet: 8 13/16 × 7 in. (22.4 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1957.5
Status
Not on view
More Information
An earlier state, or working stage, of this etching included a landscape painting on an easel in the background, alluding to Asselijn's profession as a painter of Italianate landscapes. By removing this element, Rembrandt emphasized the monumental bulk of his fashionably dressed sitter, juxtaposed against an expanse of empty space. On the table at left are other tools of the artist's craft: palette and brushes, and several books.
Exhibition History
Rembrandt Prints
  • University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (October 23, 1960 - November 20, 1960 )
Fine Arts Festival
  • Ashland College Library Gallery, Ashland, OH (May 1, 1964 - May 15, 1964 )
Rembrandt Prints
  • Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (April 7, 1969 - May 4, 1969 )
Saving Face: The Portrait
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 5, 1986 - September 28, 1986 )
Seventeenth Century Dutch Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 13, 1987 - April 26, 1987 )
Netherlandish Portrait Prints from the Allen Memorial Art Museum Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 20, 1993 - May 30, 1993 )
Rembrandt's 'Portrait of Joris de Caullery' in Context
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 14, 1998 - May 31, 1998 )
Collections
  • European
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