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Old man in military costume

Object information

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Current attribution

after Rembrandt

Dating

after c. 1634

Rembrandt’s prototype, after which this copy has been made, is usually dated c. 1630.

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Title

Old man in military costume

Other/former title

Portrait of a man, possibly Rembrandts father, Harmen Gerritsz. van Rijn

Support/technique

canvas, oil paint

Dimensions

62,3 x 49 cm

Signature/inscription

with signature and datedraagt signatuur en datum: Rembrand / f. 1641

Collection

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum
In 1817 The Netherlands Museum for History and Art in The Hague moved into the “Trippenhuis” on Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam were part of the collection of the “Nationale Kunstgalerij”, formerly in The Hague, was also housed. The collection of The Netherlands Museum for History and Art would lay the foundation for the departments of Dutch History and Sculpture & Applied Art of the Rijksmuseum.

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Inv./Cat. number

SK-A-358

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Acknowledgement

Information on this page comes from the RKD databases. Data entry is done by RKD staff in consultation with collaborating partners and is based on recent scholarly publications. The information was last updated 10 February 2016

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The Rembrandt Database, Object information, afternaarRembrandt, Old man in military costume, after c. 1634, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. SK-A-358, http://www.rembrandtdatabase.org/Rembrandt/painting/256751/old-man-in-military-costume, accessed 2017 May 06

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