Supper at Emmaus, Rembrandt van Rijn (school of), c. 1660

Identification

Title(s)

Supper at Emmaus

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1930-30

Catalogue reference

Schatborn 87

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn (school of)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1660

Material and Technique

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink, with some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or wet brush, on light brown cartridge paper; framing line in brown ink

Material

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 167 mm × width 130 mm

Subject

What

the supper at Emmaus: Christ is recognized while blessing or breaking the bread

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 1906

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; collection Andrew James (? - 1845), London;{According to his will in the National Archives, London, inv. no. PROB 112200217.} his daughter, Sarah Ann James (? - 1890), London;{According to an inscription on the drawing.} ...; collection Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), London (L. 1433), 1895;{According to an inscription on the drawing.} from whom purchased, as Rembrandt, with seven other drawings, through the mediation of the dealer Th. Agnew, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1901;{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, cat.nr. 87

Persistent URL

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