Geboorte van Christus

Geboorte van Christus

NG-1985-7-3-50

De geboorte van Christus, met de aanbidding door de herders. Engelen zien vanuit de wolken toe.

inscription

• draftsman (artist): anonymous, Southern Netherlands
• draftsman (artist): circle of Maerten de Vos, Southern Netherlands

1575 - 1625

pen in bruin, penseel in grijs, gewassen

height 307 mm x width 281 mm

Tekening uit het bezit van Jan Brandes.

purchase 1985-05-02

Public domain

? Collection Jan Brandes (1743-1808); his daughters, Johanna Maria Brandes (1792-1813) and Charlotta Constantia Brandes (1796-1870), Skälsebo;{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} by descent to Erik Kellberg (1883-1960);{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} ? to Brite-Louise Mangs-Kellberg;{File RMA.}…; anonymous sale, London (Sotheby’s), 2 May 1985 sqq., no. 216, £ 50,000, with xx other drawings, to the dealer W. Graham Arader III, New York, for the Rijksmuseum, in exchange for eighteen drawings that were part of this lot, 1985

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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