Rembrandt van RijnDutch, 1606–1669Petrus Sylvius (?)
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Petrus Sylvius (?)” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
The sitter’s flamboyant beret once led people to assume that he was a painter, for instance Gerard Dou or Ferdinand Bol, pupils of Rembrandt. However, he is probably Petrus Sylvius, a first cousin of Rembrandt’s wife, Saskia. Sylvius was a preacher, who was appointed to lead a congregation in Friesland in 1637, and his departure may well have occasioned this portrait.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-518
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Rembrandt van Rijn
The whole life1631–1669 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1634–1636
Pupil: Govert Flinck
1635–1640
Pupil: Leendert van Beijeren
1636–1640
Pupil: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
1636–1641
Pupil: Ferdinand Bol
1639–1658 · Residence
Rembrandt House Museum
