LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on paper laid down on canvas

Measurements:

10.98 in. (27.90 cm.) (height) by 9.53 in. (24.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed with a red inventory number lower left: 153

Exhibited:

Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Rembrandt als Leermeester, June 1 - September 1, 1956, no. 12 (as a self portrait by Rembrandt).

Literature:

K. Bauch, Der frühe Rembrandt und seine Zeit, 1960, p. 266, fig. 179A, note 185 (as an early self portrait by Lievens); H. Schneider and R. Ekkart, Jan Lievens: Sein Leben und seine Werke, Amsterdam 1973, p. 356 (as a "Portrait of a Man, not by Lievens"); W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schuler, Vol.5, p. 3104, no. 2104, reproduced.

Provenance:

Private Collection, Basel; Wertheimer Collection, Paris; Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, July 6, 1984, lot 26 (as Attributed to Jan Lievens), to Dreesman; Dr. Anton C. R. Dreesman, Amsterdam; His posthumous sale, London, Christie's, April 11, 2002, lot 535; With Warren Walker; From whom acquired by the present owner.