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Young Woman in Fantasy Costume
The young woman’s clothing is not in keeping with the fashions of Rembrandt’s day, but rather reflects styles of earlier centuries. The woman’s distinctive features – a domed forehead, slightly bulging eyes, and
pronounced chin – are easily recognized in depictions of ancient goddesses and heroines that Rembrandt
painted in the 1630s. Thus the painting is not strictly a portrait, but a ‘tronie’, o…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61BB2
- http://iconclass.org/41D222(COLLAR)(+82)
- http://iconclass.org/41D26611(+82)
- Uylenburgh, Saskia van
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61BB2
- http://iconclass.org/41D222(COLLAR)(+82)
- http://iconclass.org/41D26611(+82)
- Uylenburgh, Saskia van
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1633
- 1633
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Provenance
- ...; ? purchased by Thomas Bruce (1766-1841), 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, Broomhall, Fife, at an unknown date;{According to a letter dated 21 January 1933 from Edward James Bruce to Joseph Duveen quoted in Isaac de Bruijn's notes preserved at the Rijksmuseum.} ? by descent to his grandson, Victor Alexander Bruce (1849-1917), 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine, Broomhall, Fife; first mentioned in his collection, 1897;{Von Bode 1897, p. 86.} his son, Edward James Bruce (1881-1968), 10th Earl of Elgin, 14th Earl of Kincardine, Broomhall, Fife; from whom, £ 7,000, to the dealer Joseph Duveen, Paris and New York, 1926;{Secrest 2004, p. 478.} from whom, $ 35,000, to Isaac de Bruijn (1872-1953), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, December 1932;{Isaac de Bruijn's notes preserved at the Rijksmuseum; Secrest 2004, p. 478, where it is mistakenly stated that Duveen bought the painting back and resold it to an unknown buyer.} donated by Isaäc de Bruijn and his wife, Johanna Geertruida van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, to the Vereeniging Rembrandt on the 50th anniversary of its founding, for placement in the Rijksmuseum, but kept in usufruct, 1933; transferred to the museum, 1961
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5240
- SK-A-4057
Extent
- height 65 cm
- width 48 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1633
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:06.401Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:59.860Z