Boaz and Ruth, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1645

Identification

Title(s)

Boaz and Ruth

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1930-9

Catalogue reference

Schatborn 23

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, verso centre, in pencil: ‘Hde 1254’
inscription, verso centre below: ‘f josij.-’, By Hofstede de Groot.
inscription, verso lower left: ‘1254’
signature and date, verso lower left: ‘Rembrandt van Rijn / de Leijden 1606-1674’
inscription, verso lower right: ‘51’
stamp, verso centre: With the mark of the museum.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1645

Material and Technique

Physical features

pen and brown ink, with opaque white

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 126 mm × width 143 mm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 1906

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; purchased from Paul Mathey (1844-1929), Paris, with three other drawings, through the mediation of the dealer P. Roblin (?1853-1908), Paris, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1903;{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. 52, cat.nr. 23
Rembrandt 1669-1969, cat.nr. 82
Bijbelse inspiratie : tekeningen en prenten van Lucas van Leyden en Rembrandt, cat.nr. 70
Cat.tent. Drawings by Rembrandt and his pupils, Los Angeles (The J. Paul Getty Museum) 2010, p. 152

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.28541

Questions?

Do you have a remark or extra information on this object? Please let us know!