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Moses striking the rock

Maker

(artist)
1620-1683

Title

Moses striking the rock

Date of Production

(circa) 1668

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer, the lower 2/3 of the verso prepared with red chalk and black chalk around the edges

Dimensions

Height: 20 cm
Width: 23.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2771

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

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Related Works

Moses and the Brazen Serpent in a landscape setting

Provenance

Herman de Kat (1784-1865); probably his estate sale, A.J. and Dirk A. Lamme (Rotterdam), 4 March 1867; purchased there by Heinrich Friedrich de la Motte-Fouquet, Cologne (1795-1874); probably his estate sale, J.M. Heberle (Cologne), 26 May 1875; purchased there by Rudolf Peltzer, Cologne (1825-1910), L.2231; Sotheby's (London), 28 June 1939, lot 36; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Bennett, Shirley K., 'Nine religious drawings by Nicolaes Berchem: desgins to ornament maps in a 1669 Bible' in 'The Hoogsteder Mercury', 1992 - pp. 60-73; 13/14
pp. 60-62
fig. 3 on p. 61

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Berchem". Verso: upper left, graphite: "3"; upper centre, graphite: "Sotheby 28 June 1939 / Lot 36 / £2.10 //"; lower left, graphite: "IV 96 / 339 //"; lower right, graphite: "8".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right corner, stamped in purple ink: Rudolf Peltzer (L.2231).

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