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Rembrandt van Rijn

Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well, 1640s

Not on View

Medium

reed pen and brown ink with brown wash and white gouache

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Benesch 1973, no. 503

Accession Number

1942.9.665

Artists / Makers

Rembrandt van Rijn (artist) Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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Inscription

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

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

Widener, Joseph E.

Exhibition History

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.