Joseph Threatened by his Brothers, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1650 - c. 1655

Title(s)

Joseph Threatened by his Brothers

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1930-4

Catalogue reference

• Benesch C99

Artist

• draughtsman: Willem Drost (attributed to)
• draughtsman: Carel Fabritius (rejected attribution)
• draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn (rejected attribution)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with some pen and black ink (on the headgear of the man at right), over traces of black chalk

Material

• paper
• ink

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 169 mm × width 175 mm

Credit line

• Gift of Dr C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 1930

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Rembrandt's Late Pupils : studying under a genius, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 123, cat.nr. 40
• Rembrandts late leerlingen : in de leer bij een genie, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 123, cat.nr. 40
• Drawings of the Rembrandt School, Werner Sumowski, Walter L. Strauss, dl. 4, p. 1876, cat.nr. 1
• Teekeningen van Rembrandt en zijn school [1943], Max Dittmar Henkel, p. 53, cat.nr. 109
• Tekeningen van Rembrandts leerlingen, Peter Schatborn, p. 101, afb. 13