Follower of Rembrandt

Head of Saint Matthew



Follower of Rembrandt - Head of Saint Matthew



Follower of Rembrandt
Head of Saint Matthew
date uncertain
25 x 19.5 cm
Oil on oak
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Widener Collection


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Bredius 302 (as Rembrandt)
Bredius/Gerson 302 info
Giltaij 334 (follower of Rembrandt)

Collection catalogues
Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century, Washington; New York and Oxford, 1995, pp. 333-336 (as Follower of Rembrandt)


Provenance

Alfred Buckley, New Hall, England, by 1882
Rodolphe Kann, Paris, probably after 1893 but by 1900
purchased 1907 with the entire Kann collection by Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris
sold to F. Kleinberger & Co., Paris
by exchange to Leo Nardus (1868-1955), Suresnes, France, and New York
by exchange early 1909 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
gift 1942 to NGA

External links

RKD 232530
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1942.9.58

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Rembrandt The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
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Rembrandt Winter Landscape
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Rembrandt Self-Portrait
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Rembrandt Diana Bathing with Her Nymphs
Diana Bathing with Her Nymphs
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Rembrandt Bust of an Old Man
Bust of an Old Man
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