Lot and His Family Leaving Sodom

1661/1663

attributed to Aert de Gelder

Associated Names
Aert de Gelder

Artist, Dutch, 1645 - 1727

The image is an illustration showing a group of people. The scene features several figures, including two central characters who are standing and talking. The figures have simple facial features and hairstyles, and some are wearing headwear such as turbans and hats. They are dressed in robes or loose garments. The background is a lightly sketched landscape with distant architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and light brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.5 x 29.5 cm (8 1/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.670

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, no. 963

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marsden J. Perry (Lugt 1880), NGA Widener

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1935

  • Master Drawings: selected from the museums and private collections of America, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Gallery, NY, 1935, no. 53, repro.

1954

  • Drawings and Watercolors by Flemish and Dutch Masters, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1954.

1965

  • Works of Faith, Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, 1965.

1966

  • Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no cat.

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. 35, 40, repro.

1977

  • Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Denver Art Museum; and Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 1977, no. 35, 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. 57.

1985

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1985-1986.

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. 38

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: 40, no. 35, repro.

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.): 963

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 668, no. 1065, color repro.

2009

  • Royalton-Kisch, Martin. Catalogue of Drawings by Rembrandt and His School in the British Museum. London, 2009: under no. 106, as attribution "suspect."

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: G H Ay B1 [?]; at lower right in graphite in later hand: F C x VI [?] / Rembrandt [name circled]

Markings

recto: none; verso: Marsden J. Perry (Lugt 1880)

Wikidata ID

Q64620303

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