The Roman Centurion Cornelius Sending his Men to Joppa, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1653

Title(s)

The Roman Centurion Cornelius Sending his Men to Joppa

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1891-A-2423

Artist

• draughtsman: Willem Drost (attributed to)
• draughtsman: Barent Fabritius (rejected attribution)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1653

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with light brown wash, over traces of graphite or black chalk; later additions in pen and grey ink; framing line in dark brown ink

Material

• paper
• ink

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 161 mm × width 218 mm

What

• the unmerciful servant: the king forgives him his debts ~ parable of Christ (Matthew 18:23-35)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase 5-Feb-1891

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Rembrandts late leerlingen : in de leer bij een genie, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 79, 125, afb. 3.7, cat.nr. 68
• Rembrandt's Late Pupils : studying under a genius, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 79, 125, afb. 3.7, cat.nr. 68
• Drawings of the Rembrandt School, Werner Sumowski, Walter L. Strauss, dl. 3, p. 1236, cat.nr. 567xx
• Teekeningen van Rembrandt en zijn school [1943], Max Dittmar Henkel, p. 80, cat.nr. 2