Chapter III: Part III: Rembrandt the Etcher

VIII. =The History of the Etchings= 85

IX. =The Authentic Etchings= 93

=Catalogue of Works= 117

=Index= 157

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

The Shipbuilder and his Wife, 1633, _Frontispiece_
_Buckingham Palace_

Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother, about 1628 _The Hague_ 6

Portrait of Rembrandt's Father, about 1631 _Cassel_ 12

Portrait of Saskia, 1632 _Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna_ 18

Rembrandt and Saskia, about 1635 _Dresden_ 24

Portrait of Rembrandt, 1640 _National Gallery, London_ 28

Portrait of Saskia, 1641 _Dresden_ 30

Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels, about 1662 _Louvre_ 44

Portrait of Rembrandt, about 1664 _National Gallery, London_ 46

Portrait called Coppenol, 1631 _The Hermitage_ 54

Portrait of a Man, 1630-1632 _Imperial Museum, Vienna_ 56

Portrait of a Woman, 1630-1632 _Imperial Museum, Vienna_ 56

The Anatomy Lesson, 1632 _The Hague_ 58

Portrait of Jan Herman Krul, 1633 _Cassel_ 58

The Elevation of the Cross, 1633 _Munich_ 60

Portrait of an Old Woman, 1634 _National Gallery, London_ 62

The Burgomaster Pancras and his Wife,
about 1635 _Buckingham Palace_ 62

Portrait of a Man, 1635 _National Gallery, London_ 62

Danae, 1636 _The Hermitage_ 64

Portrait of a Man, 1636 _Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna_ 64

Portrait of a Lady, 1636 _Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna_ 64

Portrait called Sobieski, 1637 _The Hermitage_ 66

The Man with the Bittern, 1639 _Dresden_ 66

Portrait of Elizabeth Bas, about 1640 _Amsterdam_ 68

Anslo consoling a Widow, 1641 _Berlin_ 68

The Lady with the Fan, 1641 _Buckingham Palace_ 70

Portrait of a Man, 1641 _Brussels_ 70

The Woman taken in Adultery, 1644 _National Gallery, London_ 72

A Girl at a Window, 1645 _Dulwich Gallery_ 72

Portrait of a Rabbi, 1645 _Berlin_ 74

A Winter Scene, 1646 _Cassel_ 74

Christ at Emmaus, 1648 _Louvre_ 76

John the Baptist preaching, 1656 _Berlin_ 78

The Syndics of the Drapers, 1661 _Amsterdam_ 80

_ETCHINGS_

_The Numbers given are those of Bartsch's Catalogue_

Christ healing the Sick (74) 86

Clement de Jonghe (272) 90

The Three Trees (212) 92

Rembrandt's Mill (233) 98

Beggars at the Door of a House (176) 100

The Shell (159) 102

Jan Lutma (276) 106

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

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| =Events in= | =Principal Work= | =Important=
=Year=| =Rembrandt's Life= | =Dated= | =Historical Event=
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1606 |Born July 15th. | |
| | |
1608 | | |Milton born.
| | |
1609 | | |Truce between Spain
| | |and Holland.
| | |
1610 | | |The Colony of Virginia
| | |established.
| | |
1612 | | |Henry, Prince of
| | |Wales, died.
| | |
1616 | | |Shakespeare died.
| | |
1618 | | |Thirty Years' War
| | |began.
| | |
1620 |Entered at Leyden | |The Pilgrim Fathers
|University, and later| |landed in New England.
|Swanenburch's Studio.| |
| | |
1622 | | |Renewal of War with
| | |Spain.
| | |
1623 |Went to Lastman's | |Charles went to Spain.
|Studio. | |
| | |
1624 |Returned to Leyden. | |Manhattan founded.
| | |
1625 | | |Charles I. came to the
| | |throne. Prince
| | |Frederick-Henry became
| | |Stathouder.
| | |
1627 |First known pictures.|St Paul in Prison. |Expedition to
| | |Rochelle.
| | |
1628 |Gerard Dou became his|Capture of Samson. |Assassination of
|pupil. | |Buckingham.
| | |
1629 | |Portrait of Himself |Charter granted to
| |(Gotha). |Massachusetts.
| | |
1630 |His father died. |Joseph interpreting |Puritan emigration to
| |his Dreams. |New England.
| | |
1631 |Left Leyden for |Presentation in the |Dryden born.
|Amsterdam. |Temple. |
| | |
1632 |Living on the |The Anatomy Lesson. |Gustavus Adolphus
|Bloemgracht. | |killed at Lutzen.
| | |
1633 |Moved to Saint |The Shipbuilder and |Milton's _L'Allegro_
|Anthonie's Breestraat|his Wife. |and _Il Penseroso_.
|(about). | |
| | |
1634 |Married on June 22nd.|Descent from the |The Exchange at
| |Cross (Hermitage). |Amsterdam built.
| | |
1635 |Rombertus born. |Abraham's Sacrifice. |Ben Jonson died.
| | |
1636 |Living in Nieuwe |Danae. |
|Doelstraat. | |
| | |
1637 | |Susannah at the Bath.|Trial of Hampden.
| | |
1638 |Cornelia born. |Christ and Mary |Milton's _Lycidas_.
| |Magdalen. |
| | |
1639 |Moved to |Resurrection. |Massinger died.
|Jode-Breestraat. | |
| | |
1640 |His mother died. |Portrait of Elizabeth|The Long Parliament
| |Bas. |met.
| | |
1641 |Titus born. |Portrait of Anslo. |Execution of
| | |Strafford.
| | |
1642 |Saskia died. |The Night Watch. |The Civil War began.
| | |
1643 | |Bathsheba. |Death of Hampden.
| | |
1644 | |Woman taken in |The Battle of Marston
| |Adultery. |Moor.
| | |
1645 | |Holy Family |Battle of Naseby.
| |(Hermitage). |
| | |
1646 |Finished two pictures|Adoration of the |Charles I. surrendered
|for the Stathouder. |Shepherds. |to the Scots.
| | |
1647 |An estimate made of |Susannah and the |William II. became
|Saskia's property. |Elders. |Stathouder.
| | |
1648 | |Christ at Emmaus. |Peace of Westphalia.
| | |
1649 |Hendrickje Stoffels |No dated picture. |Execution of
|first heard of. | |Charles I.
| | |
1650 | |Deposition. |John de Witt became
| | |Grand Pensioner.
| | |
1651 | |Noli me tangere. |Battle of Worcester.
| | |
1652 |Hendrickje's first |Portrait of |War between England
|daughter born. |Bruyningh. |and Holland.
| | |
1653 |Borrowed money in |Portrait called Van |Peace restored.
|large sums. |der Hooft. |
| | |
1654 |Birth of second |Bathsheba (Louvre). |Oliver Cromwell,
|daughter, Cornelia. | |Lord Protector.
| | |
1655 | |Joseph accused by |Cromwell pensioned
| |Potiphar's Wife. |Manasseh ben Israel.
| | |
1656 |Declared bankrupt. |Parable of Labourers |War between Spain and
| |in the Vineyard. |England.
| | |
1657 |Sale of his property |Portrait of Catrina |Cromwell refused title
|ordered. |Hoogh. |of King.
| | |
1658 |Pictures, etc., sold.|An Old Woman cutting |Cromwell died.
| |her Nails. |
| | |
1659 | |Jacob wrestling with |Treaty of the Hague.
| |the Angel. |
| | |
1660 |Association formed by|Portrait of Himself |Charles II. landed at
|Hendrickje and Titus.|(Louvre). |Dover.
| | |
1661 |The last known |The Syndics. |Mazarin died.
|etching. | |
| | |
1662 |Hendrickje (probably)|No dated picture. |Charter given to Royal
|died. | |Society.
| | |
1663 | |Homer. |
| | |
1664 |Moved to the |Lucretia. |War between Holland
|Lauriergracht. | |and England.
| | |
1665 |Titus awarded his |Portrait of a Man |Plague in London.
|property. |(Metrop. Mus., |
| |New York). |
| | |
1666 | |Portrait of J. de |Fire of London.
| |Decker. |
| | |
1667 | |Portrait of an Old |Peace between England
| |Man. |and Holland.
| | |
1668 |Titus' marriage and |The Flagellation. |Alliance between
|death. | |Holland, England, and
| | |Sweden.
| | |
1669 |Rembrandt died. |No dated picture. |
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