Rembrandt

A Franciscan Friar



Rembrandt - A Franciscan Friar



Rembrandt
A Franciscan Friar
c. 1655/56
88.5 x 65.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed, right, centre: Rembrandt. f. 165(?)
The National Gallery, London


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 191
Bredius 308
Bauch 205 info
Gerson 300
Bredius/Gerson 308 info
Tümpel 90 (not entirely convinced of authenticity)
Giltaij 340 (follower of Rembrandt)

Collection catalogues
Neil MacLaren, revised and expanded by Christopher Brown, The Dutch school, 1600-1900, London, 1991, pp. 334-335, plate 283
Christopher Baker and Tom Henry, The National Gallery complete illustrated catalogue, London, 2001, p. 565
David Bomford, Jo Kirby, Ashok Roy, Axel Rüger, Raymond White, Rembrandt, London; [New Haven, Conn.], 2006, nr. 14


Provenance

possibly Richard Cosway, RA, sale, London, 17-19 May 1821, 2nd day, nr. 93
National Gallery, London, presented by the Duke of Northumberland, 1838
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External links

RKD 233363
National Gallery, London Accession number NG166

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