Two Studies of a Donkey, Seen from the Front and Behind, Abraham Jansz Begeyn, c. 1660 - c. 1665

Identification

Title(s)

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

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1897-A-3332

Description

Ezel, eenmaal van voren en eenmaal van achteren gezien.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Abraham Jansz Begeyn

Dating

c. 1660 - c. 1665

Material and Technique

Physical features

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

Material

paper
chalk

Measurements

height 182 mm × width 230 mm

Subject

What

ass, donkey

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

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Persistent URL

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