Rembrandt van Rijn - Portrait of Jacob III de Gheyn 1632
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Portrait of Jacob III de Gheyn 1632
29x24cm oil on panel oak wood
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, United Kingdom
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Dulwich Picture Gallery:
An inscription on the back of the panel identifies the sitter as the painter and engraver Jacob de Gheyn (1596-1641). He was painted by Rembrandt along with his friend Maurits Huygens (1595-1642), Secretary to the Council of State in The Hague, in 1632. While the two paintings were not strictly a pair having hung separately in the sitters’ houses, they still complemented each other in size and composition; Huygens occupied the left position and was depicted turned towards the right. De Gheyn bequeathed his portrait to Huygens upon his death and the paintings remained together until the 18th century. They were thought to have been separated in 1786; the portrait of Maurits is now in the Kunsthalle, Hamburg.