Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III
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| Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III | |
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| Artist | Rembrandt  |
| Year | 1632 |
| Medium | oil paint, oak panel |
| Dimensions | 29.9 cm (11.8 in) × 24.9 cm (9.8 in) |
| Location | Dulwich Picture Gallery |
| Owner | Francis Bourgeois |
| Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 32024 Art UK artwork ID: jacob-iii-de-gheyn-c-15961641-200381 Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 00040331 |
Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III is a 1632 oil on oak panel portrait by Rembrandt of the engraver Jacob de Gheyn III, now in Dulwich Picture Gallery. It is smaller than most of Rembrandt's works, measuring only 29.9 by 24.9 centimetres (11.8 by 9.8 inches). It has been stolen numerous times and its size is one factor that has contributed to its numerous thefts.[1]
Maurits Huygens and de Gheyn had commissioned Rembrandt to paint them in identical formats and he did so upon the same oak panel.[2] The friends had agreed that the first of them to die would receive the painting owned by the other, as evidenced by inscriptions on their reverse.[3] They were reunited when de Gheyn died. Maurits Huygens survived De Gheyn by less than a year however, and his brother Constantijn Huygens was so heartbroken that he stopped writing for a long period. Dendrochronological research has revealed that Rembrandt also made a self-portrait in the same year with a panel from the same wood:
Self-portrait
Pendent of Maurits Huygens
