Two Seated Old Men, One with a Globe, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1650 - c. 1655

Title(s)

Two Seated Old Men, One with a Globe

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1897-A-3477

Catalogue reference

• Benesch 896

Artist

• draughtsman: Willem Drost (attributed to)
• draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn (rejected attribution)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush; framing line in light brown ink

Material

• paper
• ink

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 144 mm × width 175 mm

Acquisition

purchase 1897

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Oude tekeningen, nieuwe namen : Rembrandt en tijdgenoten, Peter Schatborn, Rembrandt, Leonore van Sloten, p. 42-43, cat.nr. 6
• The drawings of Rembrandt [ : 1 1973], cat.nr. 896
• Teekeningen van Rembrandt en zijn school [1943], Max Dittmar Henkel, p. 12, cat.nr. 29
• Teekeningen van Rembrandt en zijn school [1942], Max Dittmar Henkel, cat.nr. 29
• Tekeningen van Rembrandts leerlingen, Peter Schatborn, p. 101-102, afb. 17