God the Father Supported by Angels

1655/1660

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is a drawing of multiple loosely sketched human figures in dynamic poses. The main figure is standing upright and interacting with another shorter figure. The drawing style is rough with bold lines, depicting flowing garments. The background is plain with no details except for a signature in the lower left corner that reads "Rembrandt."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.1 x 13.3 cm (7 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.666

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, no. 1004

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Defer-Dumesnil (L.739)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 37, 41, repro.

2006

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

2017

  • Divine Encounter: Rembrandt's Abraham and the Angels, The Frick Collection, New York, 2017.

Bibliography

1925

  • Valentiner, Wilhelm R. Rembrandt Handzeichnungen. New York, 1925: no. 10.

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: 41, no. 37, repro.

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.), no. 1004

1985

  • Schatborn, Peter. Tekeningen van Rembrandt in het Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam (1985), 104 (under no. 47).

2006

  • Dittrich, Christian, Thomas Ketelsen, et al. Rembrandt: Die Dresdener Zeichnungen. Cologne, 200: 147 (under no. 77).

Inscriptions

Inscribed by later hand lower left in brown ink: Rymbrandt

Watermarks

(cf. Briquet 9328-30)

Wikidata ID

Q64620302

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