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The last digit of the date on the inscription is illegible; the right edge of the painting, which has been reduced slightly, runs through it. The style suggests a date of about 1655.
Rembrandt painted his son, Titus, in a Franciscan habit in 1660 (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum) and there is a third study of a Franciscan, dated 1661, in Helsinki (Atheneum). It has been suggested that the Rijksmuseum painting shows Titus in the guise of Saint Francis (who was the subject of an etching by Rembrandt of about 1657) and it is possible that NG 166 is also meant to show Saint Francis.
Possibly Richard Cosway RA sale, London, 1821; presented by the Duke of Northumberland, 1838.
Bredius 1969, p. 573, no. 308
Bomford 1988, pp. 102-5, no. 12
MacLaren/Brown 1991, pp. 334-5', 'ObjectStatusID' : '1', 'PublicAccess' : '1', 'GroupNumber' : '', 'GroupTitle' : '', 'GroupArtist' : '', 'GroupDate' : '', 'GroupParts' : '', 'ImageID' : '69', 'ImageFile' : 'N-0166-00-000037-WZ-PYR.tif', 'ImageCode' : 'N-0166-00-000037-WZ', 'ImagePath' : '/pics/tmp/websiteimages/Website_Collection_Online/Web Zoom Images/WZ web NG Fronts/', 'ImageLevels' : '6', 'ImageXsize' : '4410', 'ImageYsize' : '6000', 'FileGroup_ID' : '14', 'impos' : '2019'} /* Array ( [0] =>

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Rembrandt painted his son, Titus, in a Franciscan habit in 1660 (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum) and there is a third study of a Franciscan, dated 1661, in Helsinki (Atheneum). It has been suggested that the Rijksmuseum painting shows Titus in the guise of Saint Francis (who was the subject of an etching by Rembrandt of about 1657) and it is possible that NG 166 is also meant to show Saint Francis.
Possibly Richard Cosway RA sale, London, 1821; presented by the Duke of Northumberland, 1838.
Bredius 1969, p. 573, no. 308
Bomford 1988, pp. 102-5, no. 12
MacLaren/Brown 1991, pp. 334-5
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