Artist: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman, after.
Engraver: Charles Amand-Durand (French, 1831-1905), the pioneer in France of making and publishing photogravure (héliogravure) reproductions of engravings and etchings.
Title: Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher of the Remonstrants.
Signed, Titled, and Dated: upper left, in plate: Rembrandt f. upper right, in plate: 1635 hardly visible. (four lines of verse), in plate below the image: Quem pia mirari plebes, quem castra solebant, / damnare et mores aula coacta suos. / Iactatus multum, nec tantum fractus ab annis / VVTENBOGARDVS sic tuus, Haga, credit. / H. Grotius.
Dimensions: Image (octagonal) 8 3/4" x 7 1/4". Sheet 13 5/8" x 9 3/8".
Editor: Philip Gilbert Hamerton was a British artist, art critic, and author. He was a keen advocate of contemporary printmaking, and most of his writings concern the graphic arts.
Publisher: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday 1870-1893.
Edition: The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical.
Date: 1880.
Materials and Techniques: photogravure on laid paper.
Watermark: PORTFOLIO MBM.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Stains, lost corners. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: The Portfolio. 1880: Vol 11. pp. 4-5.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVII C. French School XIX C.