The Meeting of Jacob and Esau, Jacob Symonsz Pynas (attributed to), c. 1610 - 1620

Identification

Title(s)

The Meeting of Jacob and Esau

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3510

Description

Bergachtig landschap met de ontmoeting van Jacob en Ezau met hun families en gevolg. Links een herdersjongen met schapen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jacob Symonsz Pynas (attributed to)
painter: Jan Symonsz Pynas (rejected attribution)
painter: Bartholomeus Breenbergh (rejected attribution)

Dating

c. 1610 - 1620

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on copper

Material

Measurements

support: height 24.5 cm × width 31 cm
outer size: depth 4.3 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

the meeting between Esau and Jacob

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Nov-1947

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, C.W.A. Buma (†) et al., The Hague (Venduhuis der Notarissen), 4 (5) November 1947 _sqq_., no. 69, as Anonymous, fl. 1,400, to the museum;{Copy RKD1.} on loan to the Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, since 2004

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, Jonathan Bikker, p. 326, 327

Persistent URL

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