Artist's Mother with her hand

Rembrandt Van Rijn

214050 Rembrandt Van Rijn Artist's Mother with her Hand on her Chest: Small Plate 1631 B. 349, BB. 31-G 3 3/4'' x 2 5/8'' Etching on thin laid paper with small margins. Signed and dated in the plate, RL. 1631, bottom margin. Collector's stamp of Felix Hupka (not in Lugt), red ink, verso. Biorklund Barnard's fourth of four, White and Boon's second state of two, and Nowell Eusticke's seventh state of seven after the additional shading added under the hand and extra shading in the upper right corner and background. According to Nowell Eusticke, an early seventh state impression as issued by Auguste Bernard (1845), after the signature is rebitten and shading added to entire face. Nowell Eusticke refers to this impression as being "strong and dark". In this poignant portrait, Rembrandt captures his mother's careworn face and tender expression as she is found in contemplation, her eyes cast downward. The position of her hand upon her chest suggests the importance of her thoughts and closeness to her heart. The darkly etched dress and veil heighten the drama of the image, and the curve of the veil around and over her face creates an angelic effect, reinforced by the light behind. In 1589, Rembrandt's mother, Neeltgen Willemsdochter van ZuytBrouck, married Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn in Leiden, Holland. Rembrandt was the next to the youngest of their nine children, two of whom died in infancy. Rembrandt created six etchings of his mother and several paintings of her as well. This work is an excellent example of the revolutionary notion known as Rembrandt's "psychological portraiture," where the sitter's humanity and spiritual essence are more deeply expressed than their mere physical likeness. She died in 1640.

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3 3/4" x 2 5/8"

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ETCHING

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