print
- Museum number
- 1843,0607.154
- Description
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Young man in a velvet cap (Petrus Sylvius?); half-length, turned to left, eyes to front; second state with some outlining and shading removed. 1637
Etching, printed on thin laid paper
- Production date
- 1637
- Dimensions
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Height: 97 millimetres
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Width: 84 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For other impressions see also F,6.18-19; and 1848,0911.134. For a copy by Richard Girling see 1902,0514.734. For another copy see 1841,0413.244 (uncatalogued).
An impression exists of state II in the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-arts, Lausanne with an inscription in pen and brown ink on the verso in a seventeenth-century hand: "Petrús Silviús". However, the identification of the sitter remains uncertain.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1843
- Acquisition notes
- 1843,0607.1 to 233 is the so-called 'second' collection of etchings by Rembrandt purchased by the Trustees from W & G Smith in 1843 to form a series that was intended to be consulted by visitors to the Print Room, in order to save wear and tear on the 'first' series, which contained the rare states and valuable items and which was to be reserved for connoisseurs and experts in the subject. See Josi's report to the Trustees dated 5 July 1843. Since 1843 many of the prints have been sold or exchanged as duplicates.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1843,0607.154