1999.127: Study after Rembrandt's Portrait of the Minister Eleazar Swalmius

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1999.127

People

Copy after Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Previously attributed to Mathijs van den Bergh, Dutch (Ypres c. 1615 - 1687 Alkmaar)

Title

Study after Rembrandt's Portrait of the Minister Eleazar Swalmius

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1650-1680

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/191997

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper

Dimensions

14.5 x 15.7 cm (5 11/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: right edge, graphite, partially erased: [illegible]
• inscription: right edge, brown ink, partially erased: [illegible]
• watermark: none
• inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Biesling [?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[J. Este, New York], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1962; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.127.

NOTE: Provenance information from George Abrams, by recall.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Accession Year

1999

Object Number

1999.127

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Franklin W. Robinson, Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1969), cat. 12, repr. (as Matthijs van den Bergh)
• The Draughtsman at Work. Drawing in the Golden Century of Dutch Art, checklist (unpublished, 1980), no. 18
• Albert Blankert, Rembrandt: A Genius and His Impact, exh. cat., Waanders Uitgevers (Zwolle, The Netherlands, 1997), p. 149, note 17
• Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors, auct. cat., Christie's, London (December 8, 2011), p. 36, under lot 272

Exhibition History

• Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Hanover, 03/27/1969 - 04/28/1969; Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 05/04/1969 - 06/04/1969; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 09/17/1969 - 10/12/1969; University of Connecticut Museum of Art, Storrs, 10/18/1969 - 11/16/1969
• The Draughtsman at Work. Drawing in the Golden Century of Dutch Art, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/04/1981

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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