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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.143
People
Constantijn Daniel van Renesse, Dutch (Maarssen 1626 - 1680 Eindhoven)
Title
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1649-1650
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/184044

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, gray wash, black and red chalk, white opaque watercolor on beige laid paper
Dimensions
18.5 x 17.2 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, black ink: L. 1272 (Houthakker)
  • watermark: foolscap
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Renesse / De VerlorenZoon
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 3235 [encircled]
  • inscription: former mount (attached to current mat), brown ink: C. Renesse
  • inscription: former mount (attached to current mat), graphite: Benesch: L. Doomer / 185: 173 mm / C. Renesse / no: 101 [crossed out] / 121

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam (Lugt 1272), sold [through his estate sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, November 17-18, 1975, lot 164]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
1.2018.143
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Werner Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, ed. Walter Strauss, Abaris Books (New York, NY, 1979), vol. 9, no. 2162x
  • Peter C. Sutton and William W. Robinson, Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., Bruce Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2011), pp. 132-133, cat. no. 48, repr. p. 133

Exhibition History

  • Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, 09/24/2011 - 01/08/2012; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 04/15/2012 - 07/08/2012

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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