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Description: | The appearance and clothing of the sitter suggest him to be late 16th-early 17th century Dutch. There is a strong resemblance between the sitter and Rembrandt's etching 'Portrait of Johannes Uytenbogaert, the Preacher of the Remonstrants' executed in 1635.
In the catalogue of the exhibition which marked the opening of Wolverhampton Art Gallery in 1884, appeared two artworks: 'No232. Etching, by Rembrandt' and 'No233. Painting, by Rembrandt, supposed to be painted from the Etching (232)'. They were lent to the Exhibition by the Reverend G H Fisher (1809-1894), the vicar at St Giles Church, Willenhall from 1834 until his death. There is no doubt that this is the painting in question. (Olga Baird)
Oil painting of a man in a red, fur trimmed cloak and wearing a ruff around his neck. He is holding a book in his hands. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Men Fine arts Oil painting Oil Paintings People Art collections | Temporal: | 1635 - 1884 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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