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Sleeping Shepherd with Four Sheep
Simon van der Does, 1663 - 1718
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1954-85
- Dimensionsheight 144 mm x width 202 mm
- Physical characteristicspen en bruine inkt, met penseel en bruine inkt


Identification
Title(s)
Sleeping Shepherd with Four Sheep
Object type
Object number
RP-T-1954-85
Part of catalogue
Creation
Creation
- draughtsman: Simon van der Does
- draughtsman: Jacob van der Does (I) [rejected attribution]
Dating
1663 - 1718
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Physical description
pen en bruine inkt, met penseel en bruine inkt
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 144 mm x width 202 mm
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Subject
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Provenance
…; sale, Lambert ten Kate (1674-1731, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (I. Tirion), 16 June 1732 sqq., Album P, no. 13 (`Een Schaepherder slapende terwyl zyn Vee wat loof plukt: met de Pen en met roet gewasschen; door V.d.Does.´), fl. 3;{Cf. H. Miedema (ed.), _Kennerschap en de ideale schoonheid. Lambert ten Kate over de tekeningen in zijn verzameling_, Amsterdam 2012, p. 160, based on an annotated copy in the Fondation Custodia, Paris.} …; collection Van Puten (d. c. 1829), Paris (L. 2058);{Not in his sale, Paris (Duchesne/Bonnefons) 14 December 1829 sqq.; probably sold during his lifetime.} …; collection Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran, Marquis de Lagoy (1764-1829), Aix-en-Provence (L. 1710); ? his sale, Paris (A.-F. Pieri-Bénard), 17 April 1834 sqq., no. 205 (`Plusiers dessins par Flinck, Koningh, Lerientals, Overbeck, Pinas, Pronk, Waterloo, etc., qui seront vendus en plusiers lots´), fl. 29.50;{Copy RKD.} ; ? anonymous sale, Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts), 23 May 1938 sqq., no. 239;{Copy RMA.}…; sale, Dr Henderik Catharinus Valkema Blouw (1883-1953, Bodegraven), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 2 March 1954 sqq., no. 120, fl. 160, to the museum (L. 2228)
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.
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