Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well

1640s

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    reed pen and brown ink with brown wash and white gouache

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21 x 33.2 cm (8 1/4 x 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.665

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, no. 503

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Crozat, Paris (1665 - 1740); (his sale, Paris, 10 April - 13 May 1741) (Mariette's inscription; see Peter Schatborn, "Van Rembrandt tot Crozat," Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 32 (1982), 41ff). George Guy, Earl of Warwick, (his sale, 21 May 1896, Christie's London). Thomas Halstead. Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, PA. Gift to NGA, 1942.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1935

  • Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings by Rembrandt and his Circle, Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1935-1936, no. 41, repro.

1936

  • Rembrandt and his Circle, Worcester Art Museum, MA, 1936, no. 40, repro.

1940

  • Master Drawings: An Exhibition of Drawings from American Museums and Private Collections, Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA, 1940, no. 81, repro.

1950

  • Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950-1951, no. 53, repro.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 30, 37, repro.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 56.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1925

  • Valentiner, Wilhelm R. Rembrandt Handzeichnungen. New York, 1925: no. 51

1969

  • National Gallery of Art. Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art: Commemorating the tercentenary of the artist's death. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1969: 37, no. 30, repro..

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.): no. 503.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 668, no. 1064, color repro.

1990

  • Macandrew, Hugh. Old Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Scotland. Washington, DC, 1990: 166.

1995

  • Martinez, Benjamin and Jacqueline Block. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design. 2nd edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995: 95, fig. B.

2000

  • Röver-Kann, Anne. Rembrandt, oder nicht? Zeichnungen von Rembrandt und seinem Kreis aus den Hamburger und Bremer Kupferstichkabinetten. Bremen, 2000: 70, fig. a.

Inscriptions

Inscribed by a later hand lower left in black ink: Elieser et Rebeca gen. 24. v.14.; lower right in brown ink: 9147

Wikidata ID

Q64620301

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