Circle of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)

An Old Testament Scene

Details

Circle of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)

An Old Testament Scene
brush and brown ink, grey wash, watermark encircled device
8 x 10 7/8 in. (20.4 x 27.8 cm.)

Provenance

Alleyne Fitzherbert, later 1st Baron Saint-Helens (L. 2372); by descent to
Sir William Fitzherbert, 4th Bart., Tissington Hall, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
Cecil D. Kaufmann (1904-1976), Washington, D.C.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, 3 June 1980, lot 66 (as by Rembrandt).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

O. Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt, London, 1957, V, p. 258, no. 875, fig. 1086 (as by Rembrandt).
H.-M. Rotermund, Rembrandts Handzeichnungen und Radierungen zur Bibel, Stuttgart, 1963, pp. 90, 312, no. 73, fig. 73 (as by Rembrandt).
O. Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt, 2nd ed., London, 1973, V, p. 246, no. 875, fig. 1151 (as by Rembrandt and dated to about 1651).

Exhibited

New York, Wildenstein, February-March 1973 (as by Rembrandt).

Lot Essay

This drawing, previously accepted as Rembrandt by Benesch, is now thought to be by an unidentified artist in Rembrandt's circle. See Benesch 647, 873, 877, and 878 for works possibly by this hand.

We thank Peter Schatborn for his help in cataloguing this drawing.

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