Jan Lievens

Charles Louis is depicted as the young Alexander instructed by Aristotle

Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler III, Landau/Pfalz, 1986, nr. 1186
Schnackenburg 175

Literature
Epco Runia, David de Witt (eds.), Rembrandt's Social Network, Zwolle; Amsterdam, 2019, p. 34, fig. 2

Exhibitions

2014 Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age, Nr. 97
2008 Jan Lievens - A Dutch Master Rediscovered, Nr. 29

Provenance

Antony Sijdervelt (1735-1765), Utrecht
his deceased sale, De Winter, Amsterdam, 23 April 1766, nr. 58, sold for f. 40 to the art dealer Fouquet
William Craven, 6th Baron Craven (1738-1791), Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire, England, acquired before 1782
by descent in the family until 1968
sale Cornelia, Countess of Craven, Christie's, London, 13 April 1923, nr. 111, bought in
sale of the estate of Cornelia, Countess of Craven, Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1968, nr. 88, sold for £7,500 to Shickman
with H. Shickman, New York
bought by the museum from Shickman, 1971
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External links

RKD 142382

Other works by Jan Lievens

Head of an old man

Boy Blowing at a Fire
c. 1625

Brinio raised on a shield

Bearded Man with a Beret
c. 1630

Young Girl in Profile
c. 1631