Rembrandt Workshop (possibly Willem Drost)
The Philosopher
c. 165361.5 x 49.5 cm
Oil on walnut
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Widener Collection
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Bredius under 260
Bauch 214 (Rembrandt)
Bredius/Gerson 260A (not by Rembrandt)
Bikker R24 (rejected as by Willem Drost)
Giltaij 289 (follower of Rembrandt)
Collection catalogues
Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century, Washington; New York and Oxford, 1995, pp. 309-314 (as Rembrandt Workshop possibly Willem Drost)
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 356 (as Rembrandt)
Provenance
with Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1905
Maurice Kann, Paris, by 1906
with Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris
sold 20 December 1906 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
gift 1942 to NGA
Other works by Rembrandt
Lucretia
1666
1666
Portrait of a Man Holding a Hat
c. 1639
c. 1639
Portrait of a Girl Wearing a Gold-trimmed Cloak
1632
1632
Abraham's Sacrifice
1635
1635
The Laughing Man
1629-30
1629-30