An Old Woman, and the Head of a Man, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1650 - c. 1655

Identification

Title(s)

An Old Woman, and the Head of a Man

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1930-48

Catalogue reference

Benesch 1097

Creation

Artist

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

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Material and Technique

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink; framing line in black chalk

Material

paper
ink

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 110 mm × width 105 mm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of Dr C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 1930

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; collection Paul Mathey (1844-1929), Paris;{Note RMA.} ? his sale, Paris (M. Delestre and P. Roblin), 18 May 1901, no. 63, as Rembrandt; …; purchased from the dealer P. Roblin, Paris, as Rembrandt, with five other drawings, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1901;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum, 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1930

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Teekeningen van Rembrandt en zijn school [1943], Max Dittmar Henkel, p. 45, cat.nr. 90
Tekeningen van Rembrandts leerlingen, Peter Schatborn, p. 102, afb. 20

Persistent URL

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