REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (DUTCH 1606-1669)
JAN CORNELIS SYLVIUS, PREACHER
£1,250
Auction: Interiors: The Summer Sale
Description
Etching, 1646, ed. II/II, 280 Bartsch, Hollstein
Dimensions
29.5cm x 21cm (11.5in x 8.25in) (plate size)
Footnote
Note: In translation the text reads: "My hope is Christ. Johannes Cornelisz. Sylvius, Amsterdammer, filled the function of preaching the holy word for 45 years and 6 months. In Freisland in Tyemarum and Pherdgum four years; in Balk and Haring one year; in Minnertsga four years; in Sloten two years [?]; in Sloten, Holland, six years; in Amsterdam 28 years and 6 months. He died there on 19 November 1638, 74 years of age." The sitter was a cousin by marriage of Rembrandt's wife, Saskia, and her guardian.