Sacrifice of Isaac
Maker
(artist)
1590-1648
1590-1648
Title
Sacrifice of Isaac
Date of Production
1640
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 20.7 cm
Width: 13.9 cm
Width: 13.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1923
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
Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 9 July 1924, lot 109; purchased by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Literature
Keyes, George S., 'Jacob Pynas as a Draughtsman' in 'Bulletin Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België', 1974-1980 - pp. 147-70
pp. 166-67
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 22
Bauch, Kurt, 'Beiträge zum Werk der Vorläufer Rembrandts: IV. Handzeichnungen von Jakob Pynas' in 'Oud Holland', 1937 - pp. 241-52; 54, 1
pp. 251-52
Fig. 14 on p. 252
see attached PDF, and in file
pp. 166-67
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 22
Bauch, Kurt, 'Beiträge zum Werk der Vorläufer Rembrandts: IV. Handzeichnungen von Jakob Pynas' in 'Oud Holland', 1937 - pp. 241-52; 54, 1
pp. 251-52
Fig. 14 on p. 252
see attached PDF, and in file
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge: a serpent wrapped around a column (not found in Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, lower right on end of stone, grey wash, signed and dated by artist: “Jan Pÿnas. fc / 1640 //”. Verso: upper centre, red chalk: “pinas”; lower centre edge red chalk, unclear: “H / No. X-H M //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped twice in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, lower right on end of stone, grey wash, signed and dated by artist: “Jan Pÿnas. fc / 1640 //”. Verso: upper centre, red chalk: “pinas”; lower centre edge red chalk, unclear: “H / No. X-H M //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped twice in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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