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Sacrifice of Gideon

Maker

(artist)
1590-1648

Title

Sacrifice of Gideon

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, brown and red wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 37.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1034

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

sold in Amsterdam auctions in 1904 and 1912 (according to Bauch in Oud-Holland 1937, 54, p. 246 n. 1); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (16 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Bauch, Kurt, 'Beiträge zum Werk der Vorläufer Rembrandts: IV. Handzeichnungen von Jakob Pynas' in 'Oud Holland', 1937 - pp. 241-52; 54, 1
p. 246 n. 1

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre: crowned shield with bend over letters “BB” (variant of Heawood 137 – Schieland 1631).

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, offset of a brown ink inscription, visible under UV light, cut off: “[…]deschi / […] alleman / Romani / anti vinpe [?] / […] //”.

Collector's mark: none.

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