Rembrandt van Rijn (Leyden, 1606 - 1669, Amsterdam)
A Lady and Gentleman in Black, 1633
Oil on canvas , 131.6 x 109 cm (51 13/16 x 42 15/16 in.)
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Vosmaer. Rembrandt (The Hague, 1877, 2nd ed.), p. 499.
South Kensington Museum. The Hope Collection of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools with Descriptions Reprinted from the Catalogue Published in 1891 by the Science and Art Department of the South Kensington Museum. (London, 1898), no. 64.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 14. (as "Portrait of a Burgomaster and his Wife")
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), p. 169.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 292-94, ill.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 186.
Kurt Bauch. Rembrandt. Gemalde (Berlin, 1966), pl. 531.
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 152-53, ill.
James W. Howard, Jr. "Rembrandt van Rijn: The Storm on the Sea of Galilee." Fenway Court (1970), p. 33, no. 2.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Boston, 1974), pp. 201-02, ill, pl. XXIX.
John Walsh, Jr. "Child's Play in Rembrandt's A Lady and Gentleman in Black." Fenway Court (1976), pp. 1-7, figs. 1-3.
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1981), pp. 7 ill., 82-83 ill., 84.
David R. Smith. "Rembrandt's Early Double Portraits and the Dutch Conversation Piece." Art Bulletin 64 (1982), pp. 259-288, figs. 1, 3.
David R. Smith. Masks of Wedlock: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Marriage Portraiture (Ann Arbor, 1982), pp. 118-126.
Gary Schwartz. Rembrandt: His Life, His Paintings (New York, 1985), pp. 147-48 fig. 131. (tentatively identified as Jan Pietersz. Bruyningh (1599-1640) and Hillegont Pieters Moutmaker (1599-1640))
Josua Bruyn et al. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, II (The Hague, 1986), pp. 728-739 (C67), figs. 1-7.
Ernst van de Wetering. "The Canvas Support." In Josua Bruyn et al. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, II (The Hague, 1986), pp. 27, 31-33 fig. 13, 36, 38
Ernst van de Wetering. "Problems of Apprenticeship and Studio Collaboration." In Josua Bruyn et al. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, II (The Hague, 1986), pp. 74-75, 79 fig. 25.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 147, 149-50, 152-53, 155-57, 159, 328.
Hilliard Goldfarb. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Companion Guide and History (Boston, 1995), pp. 92, 103.
Cynthia Saltzman. Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures (New York: Penguin Books, 2008), p. 82.
Ernst Wetering et al. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, vol. 6: Rembrandt's Paintings Revisited - A Complete Survey (The Hague, 2014), pp. 122, 510, no. 61.
Object details
Accession number
P21s9
Primary Creator
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leyden, 1606 - 1669, Amsterdam)
Full title
A Lady and Gentleman in Black
Creation Date
1633
Description
Stolen in 1990.
Provenance
Inherited by Henry Philip Hope (1774-1839) from Henry W. Hope, his legal guardian, but possibly under the care of his eldest brother, Thomas Hope (1769-1831), in the gallery at his Duchess Street street house, London in 1819/20.
Inherited by Henry Thomas Hope (1808-1862), son of Thomas, possibly from his uncle, Henry Philip Hope. Transferred the Duchess Street collection to The Deepdene, near Dorking, Surrey in 1849.
Inherited by the widow of Henry Thomas Hope, Adèle Bichat Hope (d.1887).
Inherited by Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope (d.1941), grandson of Adèle Bichat Hope and 8th Duke of Newcastle, in 1884.
Purchased by the dealers Asher Wertheimer and Colnaghi & Co. from Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope in 1898.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Colnaghi & Co. through Bernard Berenson, for £13,000 in September 1898.
Stolen in 1990.
Marks
Signed and dated (lower left): Rembrandt.ft: 1633
Dimensions
131.6 x 109 cm (51 13/16 x 42 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Oil on canvas
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Dutch Room
Bibliography
Gustav F. Waagen. Treasures of Art in Great Britain, II (London, 1854), p. 115.Vosmaer. Rembrandt (The Hague, 1877, 2nd ed.), p. 499.
South Kensington Museum. The Hope Collection of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools with Descriptions Reprinted from the Catalogue Published in 1891 by the Science and Art Department of the South Kensington Museum. (London, 1898), no. 64.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 14. (as "Portrait of a Burgomaster and his Wife")
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), p. 169.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 292-94, ill.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 186.
Kurt Bauch. Rembrandt. Gemalde (Berlin, 1966), pl. 531.
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 152-53, ill.
James W. Howard, Jr. "Rembrandt van Rijn: The Storm on the Sea of Galilee." Fenway Court (1970), p. 33, no. 2.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Boston, 1974), pp. 201-02, ill, pl. XXIX.
John Walsh, Jr. "Child's Play in Rembrandt's A Lady and Gentleman in Black." Fenway Court (1976), pp. 1-7, figs. 1-3.
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1981), pp. 7 ill., 82-83 ill., 84.
David R. Smith. "Rembrandt's Early Double Portraits and the Dutch Conversation Piece." Art Bulletin 64 (1982), pp. 259-288, figs. 1, 3.
David R. Smith. Masks of Wedlock: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Marriage Portraiture (Ann Arbor, 1982), pp. 118-126.
Gary Schwartz. Rembrandt: His Life, His Paintings (New York, 1985), pp. 147-48 fig. 131. (tentatively identified as Jan Pietersz. Bruyningh (1599-1640) and Hillegont Pieters Moutmaker (1599-1640))
Josua Bruyn et al. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, II (The Hague, 1986), pp. 728-739 (C67), figs. 1-7.
Ernst van de Wetering. "The Canvas Support." In Josua Bruyn et al. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, II (The Hague, 1986), pp. 27, 31-33 fig. 13, 36, 38
Ernst van de Wetering. "Problems of Apprenticeship and Studio Collaboration." In Josua Bruyn et al. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, II (The Hague, 1986), pp. 74-75, 79 fig. 25.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 147, 149-50, 152-53, 155-57, 159, 328.
Hilliard Goldfarb. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Companion Guide and History (Boston, 1995), pp. 92, 103.
Cynthia Saltzman. Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures (New York: Penguin Books, 2008), p. 82.
Ernst Wetering et al. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, vol. 6: Rembrandt's Paintings Revisited - A Complete Survey (The Hague, 2014), pp. 122, 510, no. 61.
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Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.