1.2018.140: Holy Family in the Carpenter's Shop

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1.2018.140

People

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Previously attributed to Nicolaes Maes, Dutch (Dordrecht 1634 - 1693 Amsterdam)

Title

Holy Family in the Carpenter's Shop

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/293809

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper, mounted entirely on heavy paper

Dimensions

9.7 × 13.4 cm (3 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Hotel Drouot, Paris, commissaires-priseurs Audap, Solanet, Godeau-Velliet, June 28, 1995, lot 153 (as attributed to Nicolas Maes)], sold; 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

1.2018.140

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 12, 27,46-47, cat. no. 4, repr. p. 47

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

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