Abraham Francen
by REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn, Etching, drypoint and burin, second state of ten, 158 x 208 mm
Catalogue number: Bartsch 273.
The sitter of this portrait, Abraham Francen (b. 1613) was an apothecary and art collector in Amsterdam. He and his brother Daniel were involved in financial transactions with Rembrandt in the mid-1650s. Francen is depicted in a modest interior, bare but for a table and several works of art.