File:Minerva, by Rembrandt (1635).jpg

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Summary

Rembrandt: Minerva  wikidata:Q18655576 reasonator:Q18655576
Artist
Rembrandt  (1606–1669)  wikidata:Q5598 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn q:en:Rembrandt
 
Rembrandt
Alternative names
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 15 July 1606 Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1625 and circa 1669
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5598
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre historiated portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people
Date 1635
date QS:P571,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 137 cm (53.9 in); width: 116 cm (45.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,137U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,116U174728
Leiden Collection, New York City
Accession number
RR-107 (Leiden Collection) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Amsterdam
Object history by 1709
date QS:P,+1709-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1709-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: James Somerville, 12th Lord Somerville (1674-1709), The Drum, Edinburgh

1709: inherited by James Somerville, 13th Lord Somerville (1698-1765), The Drum, Edinburgh (?)

presumably 1765: inherited by James Somerville, 14th Lord Somerville (1727-1796), The Drum, Edinburgh

1796: inherited by John Southey Somerville, 15th Lord Somerville (1765-1819), The Drum, Edinburgh (?)

March 1818: anonymous sale , unsold

June 1818: anonymous sale , unsold

1819: inherited by Mark Somerville, 16th Lord Somerville (1784-1842), The Drum, Edinburgh (?)

1842: inherited by Kenelm Somerville, 17th Lord Somerville (1787-1864), The Drum, Edinburgh (?)

presumably 1864: inherited by Louisa Harriet Somerville (1835-1923), Bath

21 November 1924: purchased by Lewis & Simmons (6200 guineas) or Smith (£6510 at the sale of the collection of Lord Wandsworth et al. (property of the late Mrs. Louisa Harriet Somerville Henry) at Christie's, London, lot no. 123

Unknown date: acquired by Duveen Brothers (art dealer), London/Paris/New York City

by 1929
date QS:P,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Jules Bache (1861-1944), New York by 1930
date QS:P,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Marcell Nemes (1866-1930), Munich

16 June 1931–19 June 1931: purchased by N.N., Netherlands or United States of America at the sale of the collection of Marczell von Nemes (1866-1930) at Helbing, Munich, lot no. 59

by 1961
date QS:P,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren (1881-1961), Stockholm/Häringe Castle, Haninge Municipality from 1961 until 1965
date QS:P,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1965-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: the estate of Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren

24 March 1965: purchased by [Julius H. Weitzner (art dealer), New York City/London, and Hallsborough Galleries, London?] at the sale of the collection of the estate of Dr. Axel L. Wenner-Gren (1881-1961) at Sotheby's, London, lot no. 21

24 March 1965: acquired by Anténor Patiño (1896-1982), Paris

6 June 1975: anonymous sale at Palais Galliéra, Paris (auction house), lot no. 27

from 6 June 1975 until 1988
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1975-06-06T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1988-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Marcel Bich (1914-1994), Category:Neuilly-sur-Seine

from 1988 until 2001: company collection, Japan

from 1988 until 2001: lent to the Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo

2001: purchased by Otto Naumann Ltd., New York City

by 2004
date QS:P,+2004-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2004-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
, Canada
Exhibition history

Rembrandt. Sextiosex bilder från utställningen i Nationaluseum, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 12 January 1956–15 April 1956, cat. no.  16.

Rembrandt Tentoonstelling. Ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 18 May 1956–5 August 1956, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 8 August 1956–21 October 1956, OCLC 15659340, cat. no.  28.

Rembrandt. His teachers and his pupils, 15 April 1992–7 June 1992, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 13 June 1992–2 August 1992, Kawamura Memorial Art Museum, Chiba Prefecture, 7 August 1992–16 September 1992, The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi, Cat.no. 6.

Greek Gods and Heroes in the Age of Rubens and Rembrandt, 28 September 2000 - 8 January 2001, National Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens, cat. : ISBN 90-535-6513-2.

Rembrandt - Genie auf der Suche, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, 4 August 2006–5 November 2006, cat. no.  18.

Rembrandt in America, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 30 October 2011–22 January 2012, Cat.no. 40.
Inscriptions

Signature and date center left:

Rembrandt. f. / 1635
References

AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 47937, as Minerva

AnonymousUnknown author (29 May 1931) ‘De a.s. Von Nemes-veiling’, De Telegraaf, Avondblad, p. 9, as ‘portret van Saskia als Minerva’.
Source/Photographer www.museodelprado.es : Home
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Version from AnonymousUnknown author (29 May 1931) ‘De a.s. Von Nemes-veiling’, De Telegraaf, Avondblad, p. 9.

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