Portrait of Titus van Rijn (c.1662)

Rembrandt (1606-1669)

Portrait of Titus van Rijn
c.1662
Oil on canvas, 72 x 56 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Since 1873 (Bode), considered a portrait of Titus, Rembrandt‘s son, while the painting passed for a long time (end of the 18th century and after) for a portrait of Rembrandt in his youth. Always recognized as an original by Rembrandt, with the exception of Tümpel who hypothetically suggests seeing it as a school work, the R.F. 1948-34 presents, compared to the incontestable portraits of Titus (Rotterdam, 1655; Vienna; Amsterdam, 1660), a certain heaviness and a lack of depth and subtlety which may justify some reservation. Does this mean that Titus, who himself painted, would have had his father help him here? – Dated around 1662 and undoubtedly the latest portrait showing Titus with certainty, because that of Dulwich (around 16671668), of Rembranesque authenticity which is also discussed, does not necessarily represent Rembrandt‘s son. (Louvre)

See also:

• Rijn, Titus van (1641-1668)