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Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher

1646

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)

Netherlands, 17th century

Etching and drypoint with sulphur tint and touches of gray wash

Support: Beige(1) laid paper

Sheet: 27.8 x 18.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.756

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 280 (XVIII.132)

State: ii/ii

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

around oval, in plate: Spes mea Christus. Iohannes Cornelÿ Sylvius. Amstelodamo-bat: functus S S.Minist:aõs 45.et 6.menses. In Frisiâ. in Tyemarum et Phirdgum aõs 4. In Balco et Harich unicum. In Minnerts gae aõs 4.Slotis aõs 2. In Hollandiâ, Slotis aõs. Amstelodami aõs 28. et 6.menses, ibidemque obÿt ã o 1638.19. Novembr. natus aõs 74. ; upper center, in plate: Rembrandt f. 1646 ; in bottom quarter, in plate: Cuius adorandum docuit Facundia Christum, / Et populis veram pandit ad astra viam. / Talis erat Sylvî facies. audivimus illum / Amstelÿs is[?]o civibus ora loqui. / Hoc Frisÿs praecepta dedit; pietasque. fevero / Relligioque. diu vindica tuta s[?]it. / Praeluscit, veneranda fuis virtutibus, atas. / Erudytque. ipsos fossa senecta viros. / Simplicitatis amans fucum contomsit honesti, / Nec sola voluit fronto placero bonis. / Sic statuit: Fesum vita melioro doceri / Rectius, et vocum fulmina posso minus. / Amstola, sis memor extincti. qui condidit urbem / Moribus, hanc urso fulsÿt illo Deo. / C. Barlaeus. / Haud amplius depraedico illiûs dotis. / Auas aemulor, frustraque persequor verso. / P. S. ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: S. x. n. ; lower center, in graphite: B. 280. ; lower right, in graphite: MK

Provenance
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris, stamp (Lugt 119), verso, lower left, in black. purchased from (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York); John L. Severance, Cleveland, Ohio; gift, 1942
Citations
Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Mentioned: p. 82, cat. no. 243 archive.org
Watkins, Catherine Bailey. Rembrandt's 1654 Life of Christ Prints: Experimentation, Tradition, and the Question of Series. 2011. Reproduced: p. 181, fig. 18
Exhibition history

Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

Eight Masters of the Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 14, 1980-January 18, 1981).

Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-May 25, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.756