Two Studies of a Donkey, Seen from the Front and Behind

Abraham Jansz Begeyn, c. 1660 - c. 1665

Ezel, eenmaal van voren en eenmaal van achteren gezien.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1897-A-3332
  • Dimensionsheight 182 mm x width 230 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack and white chalk, on blue paper; framing lines in black ink (left border) and brown ink (upper, right and lower border)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Two Studies of a Donkey, Seen from the Front and Behind

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1897-A-3332

  • Description

    Ezel, eenmaal van voren en eenmaal van achteren gezien.

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Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Abraham Jansz Begeyn

  • Dating

    c. 1660 - c. 1665

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    black and white chalk, on blue paper; framing lines in black ink (left border) and brown ink (upper, right and lower border)

  • Dimensions

    height 182 mm x width 230 mm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1897

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection William Pitcairn Knowles (1820-94), Rotterdam and Wiesbaden (L. 2643); his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 25 June 1895 sqq., no. 52, fl. 3, to the dealer F. Muller for the Vereniging Rembrandt;{Copy RKD; note RMA.} from whom, with 74 other drawings, fl. 3,253.50, to the museum (L. 2228), 1897

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