Minerva in her Study

Ferdinand Bol, c. 1636

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1975-85
  • Dimensionsheight 256 mm x width 201 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack chalk, with pen and black ink, grey wash and opaque white; framing line in black ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Minerva in her Study

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1975-85

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): Ferdinand Bol, Amsterdam
    • after painting by Rembrandt van Rijn

  • Dating

    c. 1636

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    black chalk, with pen and black ink, grey wash and opaque white; framing line in black ink

  • Dimensions

    height 256 mm x width 201 mm

Explanatory note

  • Kopie naar schilderij van Rembrandt, Minerva, 1635. Dit schilderij is niet opgenomen in de tent.cat. Rembrandt : de meester en zijn werkplaats, 1991. F. Bijl de Vroe, 'Rembrandt als voortrekker', Vereniging Rembrandt (zomer 2007), p. 30 + afb. p. 29. Marijn Schapelhouman, Rembrandt en de kunst van het tekenen, p. 12, afb. 7 (kleur)

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1975

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? sale, Pierre Fouquet (1729-1800, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (P. van der Schley et al.), 13 April 1801 sqq., Album G, no. 22 (‘Een Vrouw in prachtige kleeding, zittende voor een tafel, met een tapytkleed bedekt, rustende met de linkerhand op een boek; verder een globe en krygstuig, meesterlyk, fraay met dito geteekend [in pen and India ink], door denzelven [F. Boll]’), fl. 3:50:-, to the dealer W. Gruyter, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} …; ? sale, Johann August Gottlieb Weigel (1773-1846, Leipzig), Stuttgart (H.G. Gutekunst), 15 May 1883 sqq., no. 112, DM 20, to the dealer G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart;{Copy RMA.} ? from whom acquired by Edward Habich (1818-1901), Boston and Kassel;{According to an inscription on the drawing.} his sale, Stuttgart (H.G. Gutekunst), 27 April 1899 sqq, no. 107, DM 39, to the dealer G. Mayer, Paris;{Copy RKD.} …; collection Bernard Houthakker (1884-1963), Amsterdam (L. 1272), by 1932;{Amsterdam 1932, p. 300.} his sale, Amsterdam (Sotheby’s), 17 November 1975 sqq., no. 121, fl. 5000, to the museum (L. 2228), with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Prins Bernhardfonds

  • 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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