DrawingsDutch17th century

Elisha and the Shunammite Woman

c. 1650

Artists

Samuel van HoogstratenArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in gray or black ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.1 x 19.7 cm (7 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Possibly Georg Ernst Harzen, Hamburg.] Freiherr Reinhold von Liphart, Rathshof, Russia (L. 1758, verso, upper right), sold; [C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26 April 1898, lot 479]. Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt, Berlin (L. 2926, verso, lower left) sold; [Prestel, Frankfurt, 4 October 1917, lot 279, repr. pl. 73.] [Gustav Nebehay Gallery, Berlin] sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 17 October 1929] sold; to Carl Robert Rudolf, London, 30 April 1934 (L. 2811b, verso, lower left), sold; via E. Jacobs, London, to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1975 (L. 3306, verso, lower left); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2008.254.

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