1970.23: Study of Saskia(?); verso: Woman Holding a Child(?)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1970.23

People

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

Title

Study of Saskia(?); verso: Woman Holding a Child(?)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1635-1639

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296500

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: brown ink on light tan antique laid paper

Dimensions

7 x 6.3 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 16 October 1928, lot 66, from Collection Six], sold; to Alex Cantacuzène, The Hague. [Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

NOTE: Valentiner, 1934, refers to Jan Six as one of the owners.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift

Accession Year

1970

Object Number

1970.23

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Seymour Slive, "Rembrandt at Harvard", Apollo (June 1978), vol. 107, no. 196, pp. 452-463, p. 455, repr. p. 457, fig. 9 (recto) and fig. 10 (verso)
• The Drawings of Rembrandt: a revision of Otto Benesch's catalogue raisonné, website, 2012, "Not in Benesch" and under Benesch 163, repr. under "attr. to Rembrandt and Copies"

Exhibition History

• Rembrandt: A Selection of his Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 10/18/1984 - 12/11/1984

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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