20 drawings, related to
2 lost paintings and
16 extant ones
For an explanation of the nature of this list, see Schwartzlist 301
Prints and drawings
301 4 Core list of Rembrandt drawings:
301 3 Core list of Rembrandt drawings:
indented for transfer to the plate
5 drawings, related to
5 etchings
For an explanation of this list, see Schwartzlist 301
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indented for transfer to the plate”
301 2 Core list of Rembrandt drawings:
with inscriptions in Rembrandt’s handwriting other than a signature
21 drawings with inscriptions by Rembrandt of which his authorship of the drawing itself is accepted
2 drawings with inscriptions by Rembrandt of which his authorship of the drawing itself may be doubted
1 drawing with an inscription by Rembrandt that he did not draw
For an explanation of the nature of this list, see Schwartzlist 301
301 1 Core list of Rembrandt drawings:
signed drawings
21 drawings with Rembrandt’s signature of which his authorship is accepted
3 drawings with signatures that might be authentic but the drawing itself not by the hand of the master
2 etchings reworked by hand and signed by Rembrandt
For an explanation of the nature of this list, see Schwartzlist 301.
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signed drawings”
301 Rembrandt’s core: the drawings
Since 1991, the opinion has held sway that only 70 drawings by Rembrandt can be confirmed with great certainty. That is, drawings that are signed, otherwise inscribed in Rembrandt’s hand, indented for transfer to the etching plate or serving as preparatory studies for an autograph painting or etching. Schwartz now expands that list from 70 to 169.
222 The captain of the Barony
In 1622 Jacques Callot published a suite of 25 etchings of beggars that established a more humane image of the vagabond than had been current until then. The title print of Callot’s series is a lanky, insolent figure with a banner reading Capitano de Baroni. Schwartz hypothesizes that in Dutch eyes he would have been seen as a caricature of the “beggar” – the Dutch rebel – who was captain of the Barony of Breda. This was Justinus van Nassau, whom Callot was later to etch, and Velazquez to paint, as the vanquished commander of Breda. Continue reading “222 The captain of the Barony”