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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.66
People
Justus de Gelder, Dutch (Dordrecht 1650 - after 1707 Vianen (or Amsterdam?))
Previously attributed to Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Previously attributed to Nicolaes Maes, Dutch (Dordrecht 1634 - 1693 Amsterdam)
Title
The Blind Tobit Admonishing Anna
Other Titles
Former Title: Tobit and Anna
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/184045

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions
20.1 x 30.8 cm (7 15/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: FB--
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 1669 / as -- ns
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: P. de Koning / G. w1
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, purple ink stamp: WPK (Lugt 2643, William Pitcairn Knowles)
  • watermark: Foolscap with five-pointed star

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rudolf Weigel, Leipzig. J.A.G. Weigel, Leipzig. [Gutekunst, Stuttgart, May 15, 1883, lot 538]. W. Pitcairn Knowles, sold, [through his sale, Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, June 25, 1895, lot 375]. [Elsner von Gronow'sches Kupferstichkabinet]. [C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1987

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
1.2018.66
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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. 35, 96-97, cat. no. 29, repr. p. 97

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt and His School: Drawings from the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/02/1989 - 01/28/1990
  • 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
  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/12/2022 - 01/09/2023

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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