Tobias and the Angel with the Fish, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1650 - c. 1655

Identification

Title(s)

Tobias and the Angel with the Fish

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1889-A-2053

Catalogue reference

Benesch 573

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Willem Drost (attributed to)
draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn (rejected attribution)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Material and Technique

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with opaque white; later additions in pen and light brown ink; framing line in light brown ink

Material

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 218 mm × width 178 mm

Subject

What

Tobias and the angel Raphael travelling, accompanied by Tobias' dog

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase 1889

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-78), Amsterdam (L. 1450); his widow, Abrahamina Henrietta de Vos-Wurfbain (1808-83), Amsterdam; his sale, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 22 May 1883 sqq., no. 424, as Rembrandt, with fifteen other drawings, fl. 480 for all, to the dealer J.H. Balfoort for the Vereniging Rembrandt;{According to an inscription on the drawing; copy RKD.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1883; from whom, as Rembrandt, fl. 5,049, with 166 other drawings, to the museum (L. 2228), 1889

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Rembrandt's Late Pupils : studying under a genius, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 124, cat.nr. 50
Rembrandts late leerlingen : in de leer bij een genie, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 124, cat.nr. 50
Teekeningen van Rembrandt en zijn school [1943], Max Dittmar Henkel, p. 27, cat.nr. 56
Tekeningen van Rembrandts leerlingen, Peter Schatborn, p. 101, noot 39
Tekeningen van Rembrandts leerlingen, Peter Schatborn, p. 101, noot 39

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