FDA-E.1266-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1266-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Rembrandt
Title Type
assigned by artist
Comments
1st state
Other number
SW 95
Description
Content (person)
Rembrandt, 1606 - 1669 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 423mm
width (actual size): 292mm
width (actual size): 292mm
Inscription
Lettered below image 'Rembrandt. Painted by Himself. Drawn and Engraved by Charles Townley Memberof the Royal Academy of Painting in Florence. From the original portrait in the Medici Collection.'
'Born in the Year 1606 Died in the Year 1674'
'Born in the Year 1606 Died in the Year 1674'
Inscription description
With collector's mark 'GWS' lower left corner
Physical description
Cut to size
Mounted to card
Mounted to card
Production
Person
Date
30/06/1777
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• Charrington, J., A Catalogue of the Mezzotints after, or said to be after, Rembrandt, Cambridge University Press, 1923 (p. 140)
