DrawingsDutch17th century

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

17th century

Artists

Willem de PoorterArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk, brown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on two vertically joined sheets of off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

41 x 62.4 cm (16 1/8 x 24 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Christie's, Amsterdam, 1 December 1986, part of lot 52], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (L. 3306, without their mark); The Maida and George Abrams Colleciton, 1999.161. NOTE: The other drawing in the lot was "Josia Burning the Bones from the Sepulchres at Bethel", also attributed to de Poorter.

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