Harvard Art Museums > G3273: Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Petrus Silvius?) Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Petrus Silvius?) (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) , G3273,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/279239. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G3273 People Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam) Title Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Petrus Silvius?) Other Titles Alternate Title: Portrait of Ferdinand Bol Alternate Title: Portrait of Petrus Sylvius Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1637 Places Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/279239 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching on white antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 9.7 × 8.2 cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 10.1 × 8.6 cm (4 × 3 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, upper left: Rembrandt / f 1637 collector's mark: verso, purple stamp faded to invisibility with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3273 inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: M268 / [illeg.] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Ackermann. Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State ii/ii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 164, Bartsch 268, Hind 151, Rovinsky 268 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G3273 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary The subject of this portrait has, traditionally, been considered to be Ferdinand Bol, a pupil of Rembrandt. Recently, however, an impression in the collection of S. William Pelletier with the inscription in a 17th-c. hand "Petrus Sylvius" has suggested an identification as a portrait of the son of Jan Cornelis Sylvius, the subject of one of Rembrandt's most famous etched portraits and the guardian of Rembrandt's wife Saskia. Father and son were Protestant ministers; at the date of this etching the son would have been twenty-seven years old. See the catalogue of the Pelletier Rembrandt collection published by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (2004), no.17. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
