Rembrandt
Emperor Jahangir
c. 1654-56183 x 120 mm
Pen and bistre, washes in bistre and Indian ink, tinged with red chalk powder wash in face, hands, and feet, on Japanese paper
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Benesch 1191
Schatborn D682
Collection catalogues
Peter Schatborn, Tekeningen van / Drawings by Rembrandt in het / in the Rijksmuseum, 's-Gravenhage, 1985, nr. 57
Literature
Corinna Forberg, Die Rezeption indischer Miniaturen in der europäischen Kunst des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, Petersberg, 2015, fig. 109
Stephanie Schrader (ed.), Rembrandt and the inspiration of India, Los Angeles, 2018, plate 22
Exhibitions
2018 Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India
2015 Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age, Nr. 79c
1969 Rembrandt 1669/1969, Nr. 120
Other works by Rembrandt
Joseph Distributing Corn in Egypt
c. 1637
c. 1637
Simeon and the Christ Child
c. 1640
c. 1640
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
c. 1640
c. 1640
Esau Selling His Birthright
c. 1648-49
c. 1648-49
An Oriental Standing
c. 1633
c. 1633