The Roman Centurion Cornelius Sending his Men to Joppa

attributed to Willem Drost, c. 1653

Artwork typedrawing
Object numberRP-T-1891-A-2423
Dimensionsheight 161 mm x width 218 mm
Physical characteristicsreed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with light brown wash, over traces of graphite or black chalk; later additions in pen and grey ink; framing line in dark brown ink

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Creation
- draughtsman: attributed to Willem Drost, Amsterdam
- draughtsman: Barent Fabritius [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1653
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Physical description
reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with light brown wash, over traces of graphite or black chalk; later additions in pen and grey ink; framing line in dark brown ink
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 161 mm x width 218 mm

Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
Acquisition
purchase 1891-02-05
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Johann Edler Goll von Frankenstein I (1722-85), Amsterdam and Velzen (L. 2987); ...; collection Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-78), Amsterdam (L. 1450); his widow, Abrahamina Henrietta de Vos-Wurfbain (1808-83), Amsterdam; his sale, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 22 May 1883 sqq., no. 424, as Rembrandt, with fifteen other drawings, fl. 480 for all, to the dealer J.H. Balfoort for the Vereniging Rembrandt (L. 2135);{According to an inscription on the drawing; copy RKD.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1883; from whom acquired by the museum (L. 2228), 1891