Rembrandt_Harmensz_van_Rijn_-_Portret_van_een_man_met_de_handen_in_de_zij_1658.jpg

Rembrandt : Portrait of a foreign admiral

Artist



Alternative names	Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death	15 July 1606	4 October 1669
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file	: Q5598 VIAF : 64013650 ISNI : 0000000121363802 ULAN : 500011051 LCCN : n79142935 NLA : 35139809 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of a man with arms akimbo .

Alternative title(s):

A Dutch Admiral (old title).

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Date

1658

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 107.4 cm (42.2 in); width: 87 cm (34.2 in)

Collection

Agnes Etherington Art Centre

	Native name	Agnes Etherington Art Centre
	Parent institution	Queen's University
	Location	Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	Coordinates	44° 13′ 31.08″ N, 76° 29′ 47.04″ W
	Established	1957
	Website	agnes.queensu.ca
	Authority file	: Q4693034 VIAF : 159463130 ISNI : 0000000121958531 ULAN : 500300919 LCCN : n82006613 SUDOC : 145857328 WorldCat

Accession number

58-008 ( Agnes Etherington Art Centre )

Object history

1958: in collection of Columbia University
8 December 2009: sale of the collection of
2011: sale of the collection of
2010: restored
23 May 1983: in collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson
1974: in collection of John Seward Johnson I
1939: in collection of Huntington Hartford
14 May 1930: sale of the collection of

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom left:

Rembrandt 1658

Notes

Provenance:

by 1847 : George Folliott (1801-1851), Vicars Cross, Chester
Unknown date : inherited by James Folliott Folinsby Walker

14 May 1930: purchased by Asscher and Welker, London , at the sale of the collection of George Folliott at Sotheby's, London

by 1931 : Howard Young Galleries, New York
by 1939 : George Huntington Hartford II (1911-2008)

1958: given to Columbia University, New York, by George Huntington Hartford II
1974: purchased by Harold Diamonds, Inc., New York, from Columbia University, New York
1974: purchased by J. Seward Johnson (1895-1983) from Harold Diamonds, Inc., New York (?)
1983: inherited by Barbara Piasecka Johnson from J. Seward Johnson
8 December 2009: purchased by Steve Wynn at an anonymous sale at Christie's, London (auction house)
2011: purchased by Alfred and Isabel Bader from Steve Wynn

1 December 2015: given to Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University by Alfred and Isabel Bader

References

Source/Photographer

Christie's , LotFinder: entry 5277765

Other versions

File:Buitenlandse admiraal.jpg

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