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The Roman Centurion Cornelius Sending his Men to Joppa, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1653
reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with light brown wash, over traces of graphite or black chalk; later additions in pen and grey ink; framing line in dark brown ink, h 161mm × w 218mm
Catalogue entry
reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with light brown wash, over traces of graphite or black chalk; later additions in pen and grey ink; framing line in dark brown ink
…; collection Johann Edler Goll von Frankenstein I (1722-85), Amsterdam and Velzen (L. 2987); ...; 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 acquired by the museum (L. 2228), 1891