Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of the Butler and Baker, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650 - c. 1655

Identification

Title(s)

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of the Butler and Baker

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1901-A-4529

Catalogue reference

Schatborn 42

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Material and Technique

Physical features

pen and brown ink, with opaque white; framing line in brown ink

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 157 mm × width 189 mm

Subject

What

Joseph interpreting the dreams of the butler and the baker (the two dreams combined)
Joseph interpreting the dreams of the butler and the baker (the two dreams combined)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase Apr-1901

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; collection Johann Konrad Dienast (1741-1824), Basel (L. 2816); ...; collection William Pitcairn Knowles (1820-94), Rotterdam and Wiesbaden (L. 2643); his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller & Co.), 25 (26) June 1895 sqq., no. 534-x, fl. 160, to Hendrik Jacobus Valk (1863-1940), Amsterdam, for the Vereniging Rembrandt;{Copy RKD; note RMA.} from whom, fl. 184, to the museum (L. 2228), 1901

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Tekeningen van Rembrandt : zijn onbekende leerlingen en navolgers, Peter Schatborn, p. 92, cat.nr. 42

Persistent URL

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