Harvard Art Museums > 1997.207: Christ at the Well of Sychar Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Christ at the Well of Sychar (School of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) , 1997.207,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299430. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1997.207 People School of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam) Title Christ at the Well of Sychar Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 17th century Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299430 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down Dimensions 17.1 x 24.6 cm (6 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.), irregular mount: 18.9 x 26.6 cm (7 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks gallery label: former paper backing, ink on paper, printed, French: Three pieces of paper, apparently cut from the sale catalogue. 1) Vente a Amsterdam/ les 12-15 Décembre 1922/ Direction/ Frederik Muller & Cie./ (Ant. W. M. Mensing)/ Doelenstraat 16-18. 2) Dessins de Rembrandt/ Provenant de la collection Mr. F. J. M. A. Reekers,/ Amsterdam; d'un amateur Russe, etc. 3) 1902 Le Repas des Pauvres./ A l'avant-plan à droite, on voit un bassin et à gauche, deux figures/ debout. Au centre de l'avant-plan, un groupe de personnes accroupies/ et assises, qui attendent des tranches de pain qu'un d'eux est occupé/ à couper. Au-dessus de ce groupe apparait vers la droite, le Christ dans/ une grande auréole. Presque le quart du dessin à gauche en haut, est/ occupé par une assemblée d'environ quinze personnes qui se trouvent/ devant la colonnade d'un palais et regardent la scène./ Dessin à sépia et un peu rehaussé de blanc. - Haut. 17.3, larg. 24 cent. gallery label: former paper backing, ink on paper, printed, German: Kunsthandlung/ Rath A.-G./ Basel/ Aeschenvorstadt 37. In center of label a cursive R surrounded by three black shields and a circle. label: former paper backing, ink on paper, printed, German: Circular label: Dr. Tobias Christ. Basel/ Advokat und Notar. exhibition label: former paper backing, ink on paper, printed and handwritten, Dutch & English: Printing in Dutch, handwriting in English. Tentoonstelling van Nederlandsche Kunst/ 1400-1900 Londen 1929/ drawing/ Kunstenaar: Rembrandt/ Onderwerp: Christ and the poor/ Eigenaar: Dr. Tobias Christ/ Adres: Langrgasse 30, Basel/ Kist no. 92 T. C. 101. watermark: in drawing: foolscap Beta will not be made. Mount is too thick. inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: Rembrandt [?] Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kunsthandlung Rath A.-G., Basel]. [Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 12-15 December 1922, lot 1902]. Tobias Christ, Basel, 1925, to his heirs, 1951. Private Collector, Basel, sold;[Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1981, lot 25H], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, 1981], long-term loan to; Fogg Art Museum, 1981, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997. NOTE: M. Rotermund remarked in 1951 ("Christus am Brunnen bei Sichar," p. 9) that the drawing was then in the possession of Dr. Christ's heirs in Basel. Note from Sotheby's to the subsequent owner (in file) identifies the drawing as bought in "the Christ sale." Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of an anonymous donor in honor of Werner H. Kramarsky Accession Year 1997 Object Number 1997.207 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History William R. Valentiner, Die Handzeichnungen Rembrandts, E. Weyhe Gallery and Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (New York and Stuttgart, Germany, 1925), vol. 1, p. 423, fig. 405 William R. Valentiner, Rembrandt; des Meisters Handzeichnungen, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (Stuttgart, Germany, 1925), vol. I, repr. p. 440, fig. 423 Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, "Einige Betrachtungen über die Ausstellung Holländischer Kunst in London", Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft (1929), vol. L, no. 3, p. 141 Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Dutch Art, exh. cat., Oxford University Press (UK) (London, England, 1930), p. 209, no. 620 Hans-Martin Rotermund, "Christus am Brunnen bei Sichar", Oud Holland (1951), vol. LXVI, no. 1, pp. 9-15, fig. 1 Hans-Martin Rotermund, "The Motif of Radiance in Rembrandt's Biblical Drawings", Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes (London, England, 1952), vol. XV, nos. 3-4, pp. 110-11, pl. 22d Otto Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt, Phaidon Press (Oxford, 1954 - 1957), vol. VI, no. A71, fig. 1679 Hans-Martin Rotermund, "Unidentifizierte bzw. missverstandene Zeichnungen Rembrandts zu biblischen Szenen", Wallraf-Richartz Jahrbuch (Cologne, 1959), 21, pp. 198-99, pl. 117 Jakob Rosenberg, Review of Otto Benesch, "The Drawings of Rembrandt", vols. III-VI, The Art Bulletin (1959), vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 108-19, pp. 117-18 Werner Sumowski, Bemerkungen zu Otto Beneschs Corpus der Rembrandt-Zeichnungen II (Bad Pyrmont, 1961), p. 26 Hans-Martin Rotermund, Rembrandts Handzeichnungen und Radierungen zur Bibel, Ernst Kaufmann Lahr (Stuttgart, Germany, 1963), pp. 187, 315, repr. p. 255, fig. 209 Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, Review of H. M. Rotermund, "Rembrandts Handzeichnungen und Radierungen zur Bibel, Master Drawings (1966), vol. IV, no. 1, p. 50 Hans-Martin Rotermund, Rembrandt's Drawings and Etchings for the Bible, Pilgrim Press (Philadelphia, PA, 1969), pp. 187, 315, repr. p. 255, fig. 209 Otto Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt [enlarged ed.], Phaidon Press (Oxford, 1973), vol. VI, no. A71, fig. 1733 Exhibition History Ausstellung von Kunstwerken des 15 bis 18 Jahrhunderts, aus Basler Privatbesitz, Kunstverein Basel, Basel, 04/15/1928 - 05/28/1928 Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/01/1929 - 03/31/1929 Rembrandt, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, 04/18/1937 - 05/30/1937 Rembrandt, Hokusai, van Gogh, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, 01/01/1952 - 02/29/1952 Rembrandt and His School: Drawings from the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/02/1989 - 01/28/1990 Subjects and Contexts Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
