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The Angel of the Lord attacks Moses and Zipporah circumcises their son to allay God's Wrath
Maker
(artist)
1622-1654
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1669
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Width: 22.3 cm
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Exhibition History
Exhibition of drawings and watercolours, Alfred Brod Gallery, London, 12/07/1961-29/07/1961
Literature
cat. no. 17
with explanation for new title as per Nieuwstraten's suggestion
Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 409
pl. XVIII
as 'Angel threatening Balaam', dated early 1640s
Chudzikowski, A., 'Jean-Baptiste Weenix, peintre d'histoire' in 'Bulletin du Musée National de Varsovie', 1966; VII
pp. 1-10
fig. 4 on p. 5 (Royalton-Kisch says fig. 3 on p. 4 - TK) ...More
Nieuwstraten, J., Review of Rotermund, 'Rembrandts Handzeichnungen und Radierungen zur Bibel' in 'Oud-Holland', 1965; LXXX, 1
p. 63
who first identified the scene as currently titled
Rotermund, Hans-Martin, Rembrandts Handzeichnungen und Radierungen zur Bibel, Stuttgart 1963
pp. 90-91 and no. 75
pl. 75
Sumowski, Werner, Bemerkungen zu Otto Beneschs Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, Bad Pyrmont 1961
vol. II, p. 10
as attributed to Ferdinand Bol
Exhibition of drawings and watercolours, Alfred Brod Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 29
listed for £7,500
Benesch, Otto, Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, 1954-73
vol. III, no. 505 and under no. 500
fig. 628
dated c. 1640-42, subject Angels and Balaam
Benesch, O., Rembrandt. Werk und Forschung, Vienna 1935
p. 35
Lugt, Frits, Musée du Louvre: Inventaire général des dessins des écoles du Nord, école hollandaise (Rembrandt), Paris 1933; vol. III
p. 16 under no. 1144
Valentiner, W.R, Rembrandt. Des Meisters Handzeichnungen. Klassiker der Kunst, Stuttgart, Berlin and Leipzig 1925; xxxi, vol. I
no. 437
ill.
Royalton-Kisch, Martin, The drawings of Rembrandt: a revision of Otto Benesch's catalogue raisonné, rembrandtcatalogue.net ongoing
Benesch 505 (posted 17 September 2020)
as Carel Fabritius? c. 1650-54? ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "4"; centre, graphite: "81"; lower left, graphite, unclear: "lElc [?]"; lower left corner, brown ink: "Rembrant"; lower left, graphite: "CA"; lower left, graphite: "935".
Collector's mark: none.
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