DrawingsDutch17th century

Holy Family in the Carpenter's Shop

17th century

Artists

Rembrandt Harmensz. van RijnArtist

Nicolaes MaesPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper, mounted entirely on heavy paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.7 × 13.4 cm (3 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Hotel Drouot, Paris, commissaires-priseurs Audap, Solanet, Godeau-Velliet, June 28, 1995, lot 153 (as attributed to Nicolas Maes)], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

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