Menasseh ben Israel, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636

Menasseh ben Israel, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636

etching, h 149mm × w 107mm More details

This man has traditionally been identified as the Sephardic rabbi, printer and writer Menasseh ben Israel, although this is not certain. He lived around the corner from Rembrandt. His facial features are remarkably informally portrayed. They were probably friends, for in 1655 Rembrandt made four illustrations for a book Menasseh wrote (on display in Gallery 3).

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Identification

Title(s)

Menasseh ben Israel

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1961-1145

Catalogue reference

New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 156-3(5)
Bartsch 269-3(3)
Hollstein Dutch 269-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1636’
collector's mark: Lugt 58
collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Creation

Artist

print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn
print maker: anonymous

Dating

1636

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 149 mm × width 107 mm

Explanatory note

Dit portret is lange tijd beschouwd als de beeltenis van de Joodse Samuel Menasseh ben Israel (1604-1657), wiens vader met zijn gezin uit Spanje was uitgeweken en sinds 1616 in Amsterdam woonde. A.K. Offenberg (Menasseh-ben-Israel, een biografische schets, Amsterdam 2000) betwist deze identificatie.

Subject

Who

Menasseh Ben Israel

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 2, cat.nr. 156

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.36602

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