Christ and the lawyer
Maker
(artist)
1590-1648
1590-1648
Title
Christ and the lawyer
Date of Production
1645
Medium
red chalk on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 32.9 cm
Width: 32.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2072
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
Koch (Frankfurt), 1930, lot 55; purchased there 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
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 24
Bauch, Kurt, 'Beiträge zum Werk der Vorläufer Rembrandts: IV. Handzeichnungen von Jakob Pynas' in 'Oud Holland', 1937 - pp. 241-52; 54, 1
cat. no. p. 246, n. 1
cat. no. 24
Bauch, Kurt, 'Beiträge zum Werk der Vorläufer Rembrandts: IV. Handzeichnungen von Jakob Pynas' in 'Oud Holland', 1937 - pp. 241-52; 54, 1
cat. no. p. 246, n. 1
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: small letters “P_R” (larger variant of Heawood 3069 – London, n.d.).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, red chalk, signed and dated by the artist, the date now faded and thus dependant on older notes in file: “Jai Pynas f / [?] 1645 //”. Verso: upper centre, graphite, circled: “1405”; lower left, graphite: “Jac: Pynas 16. / No1405 / LUH //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, red chalk, signed and dated by the artist, the date now faded and thus dependant on older notes in file: “Jai Pynas f / [?] 1645 //”. Verso: upper centre, graphite, circled: “1405”; lower left, graphite: “Jac: Pynas 16. / No1405 / LUH //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b
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