Attributed to Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

Two studies of turbaned men

Auction Closed

January 25, 04:44 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995)

Attributed to Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam

Two studies of turbaned men

Pen and brown ink; lower left corner cut

83 by 81 mm; 3¼ by 3¼ in.

W.W. Knighton;
John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), London (L.1507);
P. von Schwabach;
Dr. Meyer,
by descent to Mrs. E. Meyer;
sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 22 November 1982, lot 17 (as Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn),
where purchased by A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995), Haarlem (bears his mark, not in Lugt, on the mount)

E. Michel, Rembrandt, 1893, no. 7 (as Rembrandt);

C. Hofstede de Groot, Die Handzeichnungen Rembrandts, 1906, no. 1021 (as Rembrandt);

Original Drawings by Rembrandt in the Collection of J.P.H., 1907, no. 5 (as Rembrandt);

W.R. Valentiner, Rembrandt. Des Meisters Handzeichnungen, Stuttgart 1925, no. 264 (as Rembrandt);

O. Benesch, Rembrandt, Werk und Forschung, 1935, p. 16 (as Rembrandt);

O. Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt, I, 1954 and 1973, no. 155, fig. 185 (as Rembrandt, identified as a study for the artist's painting, Susanna and the Elders, in the Mauritshuis, The Hague);

Rembrandt in the Collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, exh. cat., Melbourne, 1988, p.56, n.36;

J. Bruyn et al., A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, vol.3, The Hague 1989, p.200 (no reason to connect with The Hague Susanna of 1636);

H. Bevers, 'Das Susanna-Thema im Werkstattzusammenhang: Zeichnungen', in Rembrandts Berliner Susanna und die beiden Alten, exh. cat., Berlin 2015, pp.51-2, fig.13 (as Rembrandt School, circa 1646-47);

M. Royalton-Kisch, online revision of Benesch 1954/1973 (https://rembrandtcatalogue.net), no. 155 (as Rembrandt; 1638-39?)