The Angel Appears to Elijah, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1650 - c. 1655

Identification

Title(s)

The Angel Appears to Elijah

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1930-13

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Willem Drost (attributed to)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Material and Technique

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink; framing line in dark brown ink

Material

paper
ink

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 150 mm × width 141 mm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of Dr C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 1930

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Jan van Rijmsdyck (c. 1730-88/89), London (L. 2167); …; collection Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92), London (L. 2364); his sale, London (A.C. de Poggi), 26 May 1794, Album QQ, no. 983, as Rembrandt, £ 3.3.0.;{According to an inscription on the drawing; copy RKD.} …; purchased from the dealer P. & D. Colnaghi, London, as Rembrandt, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum, as Rembrandt, 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1930

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. 52
Rembrandts late leerlingen : in de leer bij een genie, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 124, cat.nr. 52
Drawings of the Rembrandt School, Werner Sumowski, Walter L. Strauss, dl. 3, p. 1208, cat.nr. 555x
Teekeningen van Rembrandt en zijn school [1943], Max Dittmar Henkel, p. 73, cat.nr. 1

Persistent URL

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