Portrait of Dirck van Os
| Artist | Rembrandt |
|---|---|
| Year | 1658 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 103.505 cm × 87.63 cm (40.750 in × 34.50 in) |
| Location | Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska |
The Portrait of Dirck van Os is a later painting by Rembrandt (1606-1669), created circa 1658.[1][2] It is currently in the permanent collection of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.[3]
In 1898 the portrait was acquired by a New York art dealer from a private collector in St. Petersburg, Russia.[2] In 1899 the portrait was sold to Boston businessman Frederick Sears.[2] The painting was purchased by the Joslyn Museum in 1942 from a private collection.[3] Initially believed to have been painted by Rembrandt himself, the painting was later reclassified as a painting from the "School of Rembrandt"; the likely work of one of Rembrandt's students.[3] In the spring of 2012, under the guidance of Ernst van de Wetering, one of the world's foremost authorities on Rembrandt, the museum sent the painting to Amsterdam for further study and treatment.[3] Martin Bijl, former head of restoration at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, worked with van de Wethering on the painting's conservation. The determination that the painting was a true Rembrandt was made during the conservation process.[3]
The subject depicted in the painting is Dirck van Os III (1590-1668), a prominent Dutch citizen.[3] He was the son of Dirck van Os (Antwerp 13 March 1556 – Amsterdam 20 May 1615), an Amsterdam merchant, insurer, financier and shipowner. The elder van Os was one of the founders of the Compagnie van Verre, the Amsterdam Exchange Bank and the United East India Company (VOC). The painting shows van Os as an elderly man, seated holding a cane in his left hand, donning a black robe with white collar and cuffs and wearing a cap.[3] During the restoration process it was determined that later additions to the painting included lace around the collar and a chain with a cross hanging from the subject's neck.[3] The embellishments were removed during the restoration process.[3][4][5]
The restored painting will be on permanent display in the Joslyn Art Museum's Hitchcock Foundation Gallery after its unveiling on May 5, 2014.[3]
References
- ↑ "Joslyn Art Museum, European Collection". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
Portrait of Dirck van Os
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Rembrandt Reborn". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-05. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Logan, Casey (April 6, 2014). "Joslyn Finds Rembrandt In Its Attic". The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA. pp. 1 & 4A.
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- ↑ "Joslyn Art Museum Discovers Rembrandt In Storage". April 19, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ↑ "Forgotten Rembrandt Pulled from Storage in Omaha". artnetnews.com. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 19 April 2014.