File:Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn - A Scholar.JPG
1769: purchased by Catherine II of Russia at Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Dresden
by 1916 : Hermitage, inv.no. 808, St. Petersburg
by 2009 : Hermitage, inv.no. 744, St. Petersburg
Exhibition history
Rembrandt in der Albertina, 26 March 2004–27 June 2004, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Cat.no. 79.
Inscriptions
References
RKDimages, Art-work number 33854, as Portrait of a man at a writing-desk, height: 104.4 cm (41.1 in); width: 91.8 cm (36.1 in)
Web Gallery of Art, as A Scholar, height: 105 cm (41.3 in); width: 92 cm (36.2 in) .
Source/Photographer
Unknown source
Other versions
by 1916 : Hermitage, inv.no. 808, St. Petersburg
by 2009 : Hermitage, inv.no. 744, St. Petersburg
Monogram and date bottom right:
RHL / 1631
File:Scholar at his desk (1631), by Rembrandt van Rijn.jpg
Version from www.hermitagemuseum.org |
File:Rembrandt - A Scholar - WGA19200.jpg
Version from www.wga.hu |
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