Rembrandt, Van Rijn
The second Oriental Head, c1635
Etching
14.8 x 13.0 cm
The plate signed Rembrandt geretuckert.
LOPF 2026: Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, STAND E8
£ 6,000.00
This is the second of a series of four ‘oriental’ heads, today fully attributed to Rembrandt. Freely interpreted copies, in reverse, of plates by Jan Lievens, Rembrandt’s close friend, etched...
This is the second of a series of four ‘oriental’ heads, today fully attributed to Rembrandt.
Freely interpreted copies, in reverse, of plates by Jan Lievens, Rembrandt’s close friend, etched c1631.
In the signature, the addition of the word geretuckert in the sense of ‘retouched’, was previously thought to indicate a plate, by a pupil, retouched by Rembrandt, but geretuckert could equally mean ‘worked up’ or ‘improved on’, with reference to the original Lievens’ etched image.
Hind states that Lieven’s first Oriental Head was itself based on a Rembrandt painting of his father. The profile of the second Oriental Head is similar to that of Rembrandt’s Bald headed Man, etched 1630, which is also thought to be a tronie study of his father.
A copy in reverse after Lievens. Very scarce (the plate did not survive). Trimmed to or fractionally inside the plate. One fox mark, an unobtrusive pencil line in the top right corner, a couple of very short tears at the left edge, mounted at the four corners. Repairs at the top touched with faint white, related to earlier hinging.
Freely interpreted copies, in reverse, of plates by Jan Lievens, Rembrandt’s close friend, etched c1631.
In the signature, the addition of the word geretuckert in the sense of ‘retouched’, was previously thought to indicate a plate, by a pupil, retouched by Rembrandt, but geretuckert could equally mean ‘worked up’ or ‘improved on’, with reference to the original Lievens’ etched image.
Hind states that Lieven’s first Oriental Head was itself based on a Rembrandt painting of his father. The profile of the second Oriental Head is similar to that of Rembrandt’s Bald headed Man, etched 1630, which is also thought to be a tronie study of his father.
A copy in reverse after Lievens. Very scarce (the plate did not survive). Trimmed to or fractionally inside the plate. One fox mark, an unobtrusive pencil line in the top right corner, a couple of very short tears at the left edge, mounted at the four corners. Repairs at the top touched with faint white, related to earlier hinging.
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