Study of the actor Willem Ruyter as a countryman, with alternative study of his head, and a bust-length study of a figure (c.q. kan?) holding a jug
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1634-1638 (drawn)
1634-1638 (drawn)
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Study of the actor Willem Ruyters as an countrymanr; a stout aged man whose arms are behind him; Two studies of heads at the side, one from the same model as the first; Drawn with pen and ink, slightly heightened with white, on paper.
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Title | Study of the actor Willem Ruyter as a countryman, with alternative study of his head, and a bust-length study of a figure (c.q. kan?) holding a jug (published title) |
Materials and techniques | Pen and iron-gall ink, slightly heightened or corrected with opaque white, on paper deliberately tinted yellowish brown, double framing lines in brown ink. |
Brief description | Drawng, Study of the actor Willem Ruyter as a countryman, with alternative study of his head, and a bust-length study of a figure (c.q. kan?) holding a jug; by Rembrandt van Rijn, Pen and ink, slightly heightened with white on paper; Dutch School; c.1634-8 |
Physical description | Study of the actor Willem Ruyters as an countrymanr; a stout aged man whose arms are behind him; Two studies of heads at the side, one from the same model as the first; Drawn with pen and ink, slightly heightened with white, on paper. |
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Production type | Unique |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce |
Object history | Possibly John Sell Cotman (1782–1842), London, by 1838;1 Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869. |
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Accession number | DYCE.435 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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