A Seated Scholar
DrawingsDutch17th century

A Seated Scholar

17th century

Artists

Rembrandt Harmensz. van RijnArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Brown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted overall on antique laid paper
Culture
Dutch
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 12 x 8.9 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Karl Eduard von Liphart, Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (L. 1687, with his mark). Freiherr Reinhold von Liphart, Rathshof near Dorpat, Russia (L. 1758, with his mark), his sale; [C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26 April 1898, possibly lot 747]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932. NOTE: The sale catalogue lists lot 747 as a Rembrandt drawing of a philosopher reading with studies of several male heads which are not on this sheet, the measurement given (14 x 9) is also different from the measurement of this sheet.

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