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Sacrifice of Isaac

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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