Description
For many years, this drawing was believed to be by Rembrandt. Recent efforts to distinguish Rembrandt’s drawings from those of his pupils have led scholars to reattribute this work to Govert Flinck, who studied with Rembrandt in the 1630s and later achieved great critical and financial success. Here Flinck represented a scene from the life of Joseph, the Old Testament figure whose adventures inspired many drawings, paintings, and even plays in Rembrandt’s time.
Provenance
Baron Grahame; sold, Mar. 15, 1878, lot 136. Edward John Poynter (1836–1919), London [stamp (Lugt 874), recto, lower left, in black]; sold, Sotheby’s, London, Apr. 24–25, 1918, lot 281. Victor Koch, London, by 1954 [Benesch 1954]; sold to William H. Schab, New York, 1966; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1967.
Accession Number
27042
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
17.3 × 20.6 cm (6 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
Clarence Buckingham Collection
