David Preventing Abishai from Killing Saul, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1650 - c. 1655

Identification

Title(s)

David Preventing Abishai from Killing Saul

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1953-139

Catalogue reference

Benesch 650-a

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, with opaque white (oxidized) and some areas scraped away

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 177 mm × width 260 mm

Subject

What

Saul orders his armour-bearer to kill him, but he refuses

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1953

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer L. Franklyn, as Rembrandt, London, fl. 3,194.20, to the museum, with support from the F. G. Wallerfonds, 1953

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Rembrandts late leerlingen : in de leer bij een genie, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 122, cat.nr. 17
Rembrandt's Late Pupils : studying under a genius, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 122, cat.nr. 17
Tekeningen van Rembrandts leerlingen, Peter Schatborn, p. 101, afb. 14
Tekeningen van Rembrandt, Iohannes Quirijn van Regteren Altena, p. 61, afb. 9
Aanwinsten : 1 Mei - 1 September 1953
Benesch, O. (1973), nr. 650a

Persistent URL

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