Liberation of Saint Peter
Maker
Workshop of
(artist)
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1669
(artist)
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1669
Title
Liberation of Saint Peter
Date of Production
1640 - 1649
Medium
pen and two different brown inks (which have been rubbed in areas as a correction), further corrections made with added strokes of black chalk and a white pigment (gypsum? see notes) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.196
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
collected for Friedrich August II of Saxony (1797-1854), L.971, by Johann G.A. Frenzel (1782-1855); Frenzel's sale, Heinrich (Dresden), 7 August 1837, lot 62; in Dresden until after the Second World War [? according to the 1983 exhibition catalogue, but no evidence provided for this]; A. & R. Ball (New York), by September 1949 [see correspondence in file]; purchased there via Arthur Goldschmidt (Paris dealer) by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978), March 1955 (along with Rembrandt, 'The Astronomer' [location unknown?], both for a total of $6,300); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/07/1983-25/09/1983
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
A loan exhibition of Rembrandt : under the high patronage of His Excellency, Eelco N. Van Kleffens, Ambassador of the Netherlands, for the benefit of the Public Education Association, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 19/01/1950-25/02/1950
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
A loan exhibition of Rembrandt : under the high patronage of His Excellency, Eelco N. Van Kleffens, Ambassador of the Netherlands, for the benefit of the Public Education Association, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 19/01/1950-25/02/1950
Literature
Schatborn, Peter, Tekeningen van Rembrandt, zijn onbekende leerlingen en navolgers / Drawings by Rembrandt, his anonymous pupils and followers, The Hague 1985
pp. 136 and 138 under no. 63
as by Rembrandt
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 53
no. 53, p. 47
ill. on p. 61
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Galllery, 1983
cat. no. 27 ...More
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 196
Sumowski, Werner, 'Zwei Rembrandt-Originale' in 'Pantheon', Jan/Feb 1964; XXII
pp. 33-34n5
Rotermund, Hans-Martin, Rembrandts Handzeichnungen und Radierungen zur Bibel, Stuttgart 1963
p. 268
pl. 255
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 196
pl. XXI
dated c. 1650-55
Drost, Willi, Adam Elsheimer als Zeichner, Stuttgart 1957
p. 170
Benesch, Otto, Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, 1954-73
vol. III, no. 617
fig. 748
A loan exhibition of Rembrandt : under the high patronage of His Excellency, Eelco N. Van Kleffens, Ambassador of the Netherlands, for the benefit of the Public Education Association, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1950
cat. no. 35
Benesch, O., Rembrandt. Werk und Forschung, Vienna 1935
p. 40
Valentiner, W.R., Rembrandt. Des Meisters Handzeichnungen. Klassiker der Kunst, Stuttgart and Berlin 1934; xxxi, vol. II
no. 548
Freise, K., K. Lilienfeld and H. Wichmann, Rembrandts Handzeichnungen iii, Staatliches Kupferstichkabinett und Sammlung Friedrich August II zu Dresden, 1925
no. 109
Hofstede de Groot, C., Die Handzeichnungen Rembrandts, Haarlem 1906
no. 301 ...Less
pp. 136 and 138 under no. 63
as by Rembrandt
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 53
no. 53, p. 47
ill. on p. 61
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Galllery, 1983
cat. no. 27 ...More
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 196
Sumowski, Werner, 'Zwei Rembrandt-Originale' in 'Pantheon', Jan/Feb 1964; XXII
pp. 33-34n5
Rotermund, Hans-Martin, Rembrandts Handzeichnungen und Radierungen zur Bibel, Stuttgart 1963
p. 268
pl. 255
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 196
pl. XXI
dated c. 1650-55
Drost, Willi, Adam Elsheimer als Zeichner, Stuttgart 1957
p. 170
Benesch, Otto, Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, 1954-73
vol. III, no. 617
fig. 748
A loan exhibition of Rembrandt : under the high patronage of His Excellency, Eelco N. Van Kleffens, Ambassador of the Netherlands, for the benefit of the Public Education Association, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1950
cat. no. 35
Benesch, O., Rembrandt. Werk und Forschung, Vienna 1935
p. 40
Valentiner, W.R., Rembrandt. Des Meisters Handzeichnungen. Klassiker der Kunst, Stuttgart and Berlin 1934; xxxi, vol. II
no. 548
Freise, K., K. Lilienfeld and H. Wichmann, Rembrandts Handzeichnungen iii, Staatliches Kupferstichkabinett und Sammlung Friedrich August II zu Dresden, 1925
no. 109
Hofstede de Groot, C., Die Handzeichnungen Rembrandts, Haarlem 1906
no. 301 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Friedrich August II de Saxe (L.971). Verso: lower right edge, stamped in pink/red: too indistinct to identify as yet.
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "3"; lower right corner, graphite, in a different hand than previous inscription: "3".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Friedrich August II de Saxe (L.971). Verso: lower right edge, stamped in pink/red: too indistinct to identify as yet.
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "3"; lower right corner, graphite, in a different hand than previous inscription: "3".
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