Keywords: Rembrandt van Rijn - A Polish nobleman.jpg Assessments 1 A Polish Nobleman 64 Artwork Q9351747 Creator Rembrandt Half figure of a man in oriental costume Jan Nowak-Jezioranski identifies him as Andrzej Rej a grandson of MikoÅ‚aj Rej a leading Polish poet and prose writer of the Renaissance Andrzej Rej ca 1584-1641 was a governor of Libusza Calvinist activist and a diplomat who was sent on a diplomatic mission in 1637 to the Danish Dutch and English courts Other sources identify the sitter as John III Sobieski King of Poland 1637 Oil on panel cm 96 8 66 Institution National Gallery of Art West Building 0 48 accession number 1937 1 78 object history ProvenanceEvent Harman van Swol Amsterdam ProvenanceEvent 1707-04-20 sale Harman van Swol Amsterdam 15 ˜Een Ambassadeur van Moscovien van Rembrant kragtig geschildert ™ Price NLG 49 ProvenanceEvent 1765 purchase Philippus Florentinus Vergeloo Antwerp N N Rotterdam Count Johan Carl Philipp Cobenzl 1712-1770 ProvenanceEvent 1768 purchase Catherine II of Russia 1729-1796 Saint Petersburg by 1931 Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg Pittsburgh / Washington D C ProvenanceEvent 1932-03-30 gift LangSwitch die The au de A W Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Pittsburgh ProvenanceEvent 1937 gift LangSwitch die the à la de National Gallery of Art Washington D C exhibition history image credit line Rembrandt f / 1637 signature / date top right la 85 A Polish Nobleman Size cm 96 8 66 39337 LangSwitch Half figure of a man in oriental costume Halffiguur van een man in orientaals costuum met bontmuts cm 96 7 66 1 www nga gov http //www nga gov Home http //www nga gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f object 85 detail ins Info Rembrandt A Polish Nobleman 1637 PNG PD-old-100 Polish nobles costumes Male portraits by Rembrandt 1637 Polish Nobleman Paintings by Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art 1637 Polish Nobleman Nobility of Poland Polish nobleman Portrait paintings of men Rembrandt A Polish Nobleman 1637 1637 paintings Rembrandt A Polish Nobleman 1637 Paintings by Rembrandt with fur Male fur clothing in art Male fur headgear in art Sable clothing in art Fur fashion in 1637 |