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 442 GERARD DOU SECT. Harmen van Rijn, Rembrandt's father. A half-length, facing right, with a brown beard and a round collar. Signed in full, on the right, by the shoulder; panel, 14^ inches by n inches. [Pendant to 361.] Burger wrongly doubted its authenticity (p. I 30). Now in the Arenberg Gallery, Brussels. 302. REMBRANDT'S FATHER. Sm. Suppl. 32; M. 132. A half-length. He is turned to the right, but looks at the spectator. He has grey hair, moustache and beard. He wears a grey cap with a blue feather, and a grey costume with a gorget and a blue sash. [Pendant to 353-J Painted 1628-1631; panel, 9^ inches by 7 inches; oval. See Michel, Rembrandt, p. 36, and Martin, p. 32. Recently Jan Veth has attempted to show without success that these and similar portraits of Rem- brandt's parents were early works of Rembrandt himself. Acquired from the De Reuver collection, Delft, for Kassel. In the Kassel inventory of 1749, anc * ' n l ^ at ^ the P a l ace > I 7%3i No. 1 16. Taken by the French to Paris in 1806, and restored in 1815. Now in the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 257 (old No. 233). 303. REMBRANDT'S FATHER. M. 131. A three-quarter length, in profile to the right. He wears a monk's cowl, with the hood thrown back, and is reading the beginning of the New Testament. He has glasses on his nose. Panel, n inches by u inches. In the possession of the dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1899, No. 8, and 1901, No. 6 1 not a pendant to No. 62 (see below, 357), which was of a different size. 304. REMBRANDT'S FATHER. M. 130. A half-length, almost in profile to the left. He holds a rosary in his folded hands and prays. Panel, 28 inches by 22 inches. See Martin, p. 32. In the possession of a Paris dealer, 1901, under the name of S. Koninck. 305. REMBRANDT'S FATHER AS AN ASTRONOMER. M. 133. A half-length, turned three-quarters right. He wears a purple cloak and a green cap. He is looking at a globe which fills the right- hand lower corner. The background is green. A false signature above the globe; panel, 15! inches by i inches. See Martin, p. 31. In the Leuchtenberg collection. In the collection of Baron von Liphart, St. Petersburg. Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, acquired in 1906. 306. REMBRANDT'S FATHER. M. 1 34. Half-length. As a Rabbi, wearing a blue cap and a black fur-trimmed cloak. He almost faces the spectator. The background is light grey. Panel, 8 inches by 6| inches.