St Jerome Reading in his Study

attributed to Willem Drost, c. 1650 - c. 1655

Artwork typedrawing
Object numberRP-T-1948-407
Dimensionsheight 147 mm x width 167 mm
Physical characteristicsreed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with opaque white (oxidized); framing lines in brown ink

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Creation
- draughtsman: attributed to Willem Drost, Amsterdam
- draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn (possibly)
Dating
c. 1650 - c. 1655
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Physical description
reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with opaque white (oxidized); framing lines in brown ink
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 147 mm x width 167 mm

Acquisition
purchase 1948
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; sale, Freiherr Max von Eelking (1813-78, Meiningen), Cologne (J.M. Heberle), 3 June 1902 sqq., no. 143, as Rembrandt, DM 700, to Johannes Christian Magnus Rump (1861-1932), Copenhagen (L. 3401);{Copy RKD.} his sale, Berlin (Amsler and Ruthardt), 25 May 1908 sqq., no. 419, as Rembrandt, DM 620, to Johan II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1840-1929), Vaduz;{Copy RKD.} by descent to his grandnephew, Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1909-89), Vaduz;{According to L. 4398.} from whom, as manner of Rembrandt, fl. 500, through the mediation of the dealer W. Feilchenfeldt, to the museum (L. 2228), 1948
Remarks
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.