Temptation of Christ

anonymous, after c. 1650 - after c. 1655

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1889-A-2062
  • Dimensionsheight 88 mm x width 118 mm
  • Physical characteristicsreed pen and brown ink, with light grey wash, over traces of black chalk; framing line in pen and dark grey ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Temptation of Christ

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1889-A-2062

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    Benesch A88

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    after c. 1650 - after c. 1655

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    reed pen and brown ink, with light grey wash, over traces of black chalk; framing line in pen and dark grey ink

  • Dimensions

    height 88 mm x width 118 mm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1889-07-24

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-78), Amsterdam (L. 1450); his widow, Abrahamina Henrietta de Vos-Wurfbain (1808-83), Amsterdam; his sale, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 22 May 1883 sqq., no. 424, as Rembrandt, with fifteen other drawings, fl. 480 for all, to the dealer J.H. Balfoort for the Vereniging Rembrandt (L. 2135);{According to an inscription on the drawing; copy RKD.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1883; from whom, fl. 5,049, with 166 other drawings, to the museum (L. 2228), 1889

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