The Angel Appears to Elijah

attributed to Willem Drost, c. 1650 - c. 1655

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1930-13
  • Dimensionsheight 150 mm x width 141 mm
  • Physical characteristicsreed pen and brown ink; framing line in dark brown ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    The Angel Appears to Elijah

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1930-13

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): attributed to Willem Drost, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    c. 1650 - c. 1655

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    reed pen and brown ink; framing line in dark brown ink

  • Dimensions

    height 150 mm x width 141 mm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of Dr C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague

  • Acquisition

    gift 1930

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Jan van Rijmsdyck (c. 1730-88/89), London (L. 2167); …; collection Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92), London (L. 2364); his sale, London (A.C. de Poggi), 26 May 1794, Album QQ, no. 983, as Rembrandt, £ 3.3.0.;{According to an inscription on the drawing; copy RKD.} …; purchased from the dealer P. & D. Colnaghi, London, as Rembrandt, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum, as Rembrandt, 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1930

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