Attributed to Constantijn van Renesse
1626-1680
Lot Defending the Angels from the Men of Sodom (?): Genesis 19:1-11
7 3/4 x 10 3/16 inches (196 x 259 mm)
Pen and black ink, gray and brown wash, with corrections in reed pen, brown ink, and some opaque white, on paper.
1967.24
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Whitridge in Celebration of their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.
Notes
Rembrandt (1606-1669) corrected Renesse's original drawing, presumably when Renesse was in his studio ca. 1649.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink, "Rembrand".
Watermark: Foolscap with five points over "4" and letters "ID" and three balls, partially obscured (similar to Heawood, no. 1963), cap with two balls.
Watermark: Foolscap with five points over "4" and letters "ID" and three balls, partially obscured (similar to Heawood, no. 1963), cap with two balls.
Associated names
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, Corrected by.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, School of, Formerly attributed to.
Rogers, Charles, 1711-1784, former owner.
Claussin, Ignace-Joseph de, 1795-1844, former owner.
Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of, 1804-1885, former owner.
Smith, Charles Stewart, former owner.
Margolis, Adolph I., former owner.
Margolis, Stephen, former owner.
Whitridge, Arnold, 1891-1989, donor.
Whitridge, Janetta Alexander, donor.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, School of, Formerly attributed to.
Rogers, Charles, 1711-1784, former owner.
Claussin, Ignace-Joseph de, 1795-1844, former owner.
Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of, 1804-1885, former owner.
Smith, Charles Stewart, former owner.
Margolis, Adolph I., former owner.
Margolis, Stephen, former owner.
Whitridge, Arnold, 1891-1989, donor.
Whitridge, Janetta Alexander, donor.
Bibliography
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., ed. Fifteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967 & 1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 104-6 (as school of Rembrandt, possibly Renesse, with corrections by Rembrandt).
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 163-4 (as school of Rembrandt, possibly Renesse, with corrections by Rembrandt).
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, no. 80, repr. (as school of Rembrandt, possibly Renesse, with corrections by Rembrandt).
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 251.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 163-4 (as school of Rembrandt, possibly Renesse, with corrections by Rembrandt).
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, no. 80, repr. (as school of Rembrandt, possibly Renesse, with corrections by Rembrandt).
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 251.
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