Portrait of Marten Soolmans

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Marten and Oopjen are the only couple that Rembrandt painted life-size, standing, and at full-length. Marten’s father came to Amsterdam from Antwerp as a Protestant refugee. He made his fortune as the owner of a sugar refinery. Marten married Oopjen in 1633. He was 20 and a law student, ready for a career in politics. Sadly, he died a mere eight years later.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-5033
Dimensionsheight 207.5 cm x width 132 cm x depth 3.7 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf op doek

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Identification

Title(s)
- Portrait of Marten Soolmans
- Portrait of Maerten Soolmans (former title)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-5033
Description
Portret van de twintigjarige Marten Soolmans staand ten voeten uit op een geblokte tegelvloer in een ongedefinieerde ruimte. Hij is gekleed in een kostbaar zwart kostuum met een kanten kraag, strikken, manchetten en kousenbanden, draagt een zwarte hoed en schoenen met rozetten. In zijn linkerhand houdt hij een handschoen.

Creation

Creation
painter: Rembrandt van Rijn, Amsterdam
Dating
1634
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Material and technique

Physical description
olieverf op doek
Dimensions
height 207.5 cm x width 132 cm x depth 3.7 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Joint acquisition by the Dutch State and the French Republic, collection Rijksmuseum/collection Musée du Louvre
Acquisition
purchase 2016-02-01
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- P. van Eeghen, 'Rembrandtieke emigranten', Maandblad Amstelodamum 43 (1956), pp. 90-92
- R. Priem, 'The "most excellent collection" of Lucretia Johanna van Winter: the years 1809-22, with a catalogue of the works purchased', Simiolus 25 (1997), p. 103
- S. Avery-Quash, 'The travel notebooks of sir Charles Eastlake', The Volume of the Walpole Society 1 (2011), p. 550
- Chr. Tümpel & A. Tümpel, 'Rembrandt', Amsterdam 1986, nr. 202
- Deborah Babbage Iorns, Viewing between the frames : Considering the display of Rembrandt's pendant marriage portraits, uit: Nederlands kunsthistorisch jaarboek = Netherlandish yearbook for history of art, 65, 2015, pagina 177-201 - p. 184, afb. 7
- W. Bürger (T. Thoré), 'Les Rembrandts des collections particulières d'Amsterdam', L'Artiste 5 (1858), pp. 20-22
- G. Schwartz, 'Das Rembrandt-Buch : Leben und Werk eines Genies', München 2006, p. 200
- I.H. van Eeghen, 'Marten Soolmans en Oopjen Coppit', Maandblad Amstelodamum 43 (1956), pp. 85-90
- I.Q. van Regteren Altena, 'Die Rembrandt forschung im lichte der ausstellungen des jahres 1956', Kunstchronik : Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege 10 (1957), p. 142, 146
- E. Fromentin, 'Les Maîtres d'Autrefois: Belgique - Hollande', Paris 1875, pp. 347-50
- H. Havard, 'À propos de deux-tableaux de Rembrandt', Gazette des Beaux-Arts 19 (February 1879), pp. 147-51
- B. Broos, 'Een vergeten leerling van Rembrandt : Jan Jansz. de Stomme', Oud Holland 128 (2015), p. 130
- Tent.cat. Tentoonstelling van zeldzame en belangrijke schilderijen van oude meesters, Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam 1867, no. 161
- I. Groeneweg, 'Regenten in het zwart: vroom en deftig?', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 46 (1995), pp. 236-37

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