Arnout Tholinx, copy after Rembrandt

An image of Arnout Tholinx. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Basan, Pierre François, publisher (French, 1723-1797). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 177 mm, width, plate, 147 mm; height, sheet, 177 mm, width, sheet, 147 mm, circa 1789-1810. Production Note: Copy after Rembrandt, probably commissioned by Basan. Notes: The sitter was at one point the Inspector of the Amsterdam College of Physicians, and this job title is often referred to in descriptions of this print. By the time Rembrandt executed his portrait in 1656, he had stepped down and ran his own medical practice. Jan Six became Tholnix's brother-in-law in 1654, which explains his connection to Rembrandt and perhaps his decision to commission his portrait. As originals of this print are so rare, several copies were produced; such copies were often used by Basan to accompany reprints from his collection of Rembrandts's copperplates. Although Pierre François Basan died in 1797, the collection of plates was kept and used by his sons until around 1810, and this impression could have been produced in this later period. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B284 Copy 1. Biörklund/Barnard; BB56-2 Copy 1.

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Arnout Tholinx. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Basan, Pierre François, publisher (French, 1723-1797). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 177 mm, width, plate, 147 mm; height, sheet, 177 mm, width, sheet, 147 mm, circa 1789-1810. Production Note: Copy after Rembrandt, probably commissioned by Basan. Notes: The sitter was at one point the Inspector of the Amsterdam College of Physicians, and this job title is often referred to in descriptions of this print. By the time Rembrandt executed his portrait in 1656, he had stepped down and ran his own medical practice. Jan Six became Tholnix's brother-in-law in 1654, which explains his connection to Rembrandt and perhaps his decision to commission his portrait. As originals of this print are so rare, several copies were produced; such copies were often used by Basan to accompany reprints from his collection of Rembrandts's copperplates. Although Pierre François Basan died in 1797, the collection of plates was kept and used by his sons until around 1810, and this impression could have been produced in this later period. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B284 Copy 1. Biörklund/Barnard; BB56-2 Copy 1.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-376
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 856 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 943.38kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:02:12 11:47:32

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18th Century 19th Century Basan bearded beards books chairs copy copy after doctor doctors Dutch etching Fitz_PDP fur collar glasses hats high hat male man medical medicine physician Pierre Francois Basan portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn seated sitting spectacles

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