Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650

Identification

Title(s)

Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1930-2

Catalogue reference

Schatborn 40

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1650

Material and Technique

Physical features

pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or wet brush; framing line in brown ink

Material

paper
ink

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 171 mm × width 224 mm

Subject

What

the banishment of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:9-21)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 1906

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; collection Graaf Jan Pieter van Suchtelen (1751-1836), St Petersburg (L. 2332); ...; collection Remigius Adrianus Haanen [van Haanen] (1812-94), Vienna;{Note RMA.} ? his student Hermine Lang-Laris (1842-1913), Munich; from whom purchased, with nine other drawings, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1900;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum, 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1930

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Tekeningen van Rembrandt : zijn onbekende leerlingen en navolgers, Peter Schatborn, p. 88, cat.nr. 40
Bijbelse inspiratie : tekeningen en prenten van Lucas van Leyden en Rembrandt, cat.nr. 54
De betekenis van Francesco Cozza's Hagar en Ismaël, Johannes Offerhaus, p. 6, afb. 2

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