Cornelis Claesz. Anslo
by REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn, Red chalk, heightened with white oil colour, on yellowish-brown paper, 167 x 144 mm
Catalogue number: Benesch 758.
The outlines of this drawing are indented with a stylus for transfer to a copper plate.
Cornelis Claesz. Anslo (1592-1646) was an Amsterdam cloth merchant and Mennonite preacher. Rembrandt was commissioned to paint him and his wife Aeltje Gerritsdr. Schouten. This commission had an apparent spin off of an etching of him alone, for which this preparatory drawing has been preserved.