Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
1621-1674
Adoration of the Magi: Matthew 2:1-11
6 1/4 x 6 inches (158 x 152 mm)
Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, white opaque watercolor, black and red chalk, and graphite, on paper.
1970.1
Purchased on the Fellows Fund.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The drawing served as a study for van den Eeckhout's painting of the Adoration of the Magi of 1665 in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow.
The drawing served as a study for van den Eeckhout's painting of the Adoration of the Magi of 1665 in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the verso, at left side, in brown ink, four ruled vertical lines; label at lower left corner, with printed number, "228" (underlined in red); and numbered at lower right, in graphite, "30".
Associated names
Temple, Henry, Viscount Palmerston, 1739-1802, former owner.
Temple, Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, 1784-1865, former owner.
Temple, Mary, Lady Palmerston, d. 1869, former owner.
Ashley, Evelyn, 1836-1907, former owner.
Beurdeley, Alfred, 1847-1919, former owner.
Beurdeley, André, former owner.
Petit-Horry, Jacques, former owner.
Temple, Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, 1784-1865, former owner.
Temple, Mary, Lady Palmerston, d. 1869, former owner.
Ashley, Evelyn, 1836-1907, former owner.
Beurdeley, Alfred, 1847-1919, former owner.
Beurdeley, André, former owner.
Petit-Horry, Jacques, former owner.
Bibliography
Frits Lugt, Musée du Louvre, Inventaire général des dessins des Écoles du Nord, École Hollandaise, III: Rembrandt, ses eĺèves, ses imitateurs, ses copistes, Paris, 1933, 41 under no. 1225.
Werner Sumowski, "Gerbrand van den Eeckhout als Zeichner," Oud Holland, LXXVII, 1962, 19, fig. 26.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 112.
Stampfle, Felice. Rubens and Rembrandt in Their Century : Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 74.
Werner Sumowski, "Gerbrand van den Eeckhout als Zeichner," Oud Holland, LXXVII, 1962, 19, fig. 26.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 112.
Stampfle, Felice. Rubens and Rembrandt in Their Century : Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 74.
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