Cimon and Pero

anonymous, after c. 1650 - c. 1655

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1937-77
  • Dimensionsheight 193 mm x width 199 mm
  • Physical characteristicsreed pen and brown and light brown ink (faded), some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or dry brush, over a sketch in black chalk; framing line in black ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Cimon and Pero

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1937-77

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: anonymous
    • after drawing by Willem Drost
    • after drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    after c. 1650 - c. 1655

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    reed pen and brown and light brown ink (faded), some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or dry brush, over a sketch in black chalk; framing line in black ink

  • Dimensions

    height 193 mm x width 199 mm

Explanatory note

  • Kopie naar tekening (?)

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1937

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, August Artaria (1807-93, Vienna), Vienna (Artaria), 6 (13) May 1896 sqq., no. 1190, as Imitationen Rembrandt, with 5 other drawings, unsold;{Copy RMA.} …; sale, Anton Wilhelmus Mari Mensing (1866-1936, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 27 April 1937 sqq., no. 869, fl. 210, with 44 other drawings, to the museum

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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