The Knight with the Falcon

The Knight with the Falcon
The Knight with the Falcon
Artist	Rembrandt
Year	c. 1661
Dimensions	98.5 cm × 79 cm (38.8 in × 31 in)
Location	Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg;
Accession	GKM 0698
Website	Gothenburg Museum of Art

The Knight with the Falcon is a c. 1661 portrait painting painted by Rembrandt. It is an oil on canvas and is in the collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art.^[1]

Description

This painting came into the collection in 1921 as a gift from the wealthy textile merchant Gustaf Werner and other museum patrons.

This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1914, who wrote:

287. A Sportsman with a Hawk on his Left Wrist. He wears

a large cloak of brown velvet with a black collar falling like a "pelerine" or long cape on the shoulders and the green doublet. On his breast is a double gold chain, below which hangs a knight's cross. Beneath this is the girdle, in which rests the thumb of the gloved right hand. The man wears a large broad felt hat with a red velvet lining and a large plume. Canvas, 39 1/2 inches by 32 inches. In the collection of Lord Coventry, London. Sales. George, Paris, 1853 (6100 francs) ; see C. Blanc, ii. 500.

Gilkinet, Paris, April 18, 1863, No. 85 (10,000 francs, bought in).^[2]

Despite Hofstede de Groot's attribution, its status was called into question but recent studies claim The Crusader in Copenhagen is a sketch for this painting.^[3] The Copenhagen gallery agrees, stating "The same face appears in several paintings from the 1650s and 1660s.^[4]