Christ and the Woman of Canaan
DrawingsFrench17th century

Christ and the Woman of Canaan

17th century

Artists

Jean-Baptiste CorneilleArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk, squared in black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper, partially incised
Culture
French
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

43.2 × 31.5 cm (17 × 12 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Baron Johann Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam and Velzen (his mark, L.2987, verso); to his son, Johan Goll II van Franckenstein, Amsterdam and Velzen, by descent; Pieter Hendrik Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam, by descent; possibly his sale, De Vries, Amsterdam, 1 July and following days 1833; L. X. Lannoy, Amsterdam; his sale, De Vries, Amsterdam, 1-2 December 1893, lot 65 (as "Christ and the Adulterous Woman"); Alister Mathews, Branksome Park, Dorset (by 1964); Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, verso, L.3863, verso, lower left and right); Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara (by 1978); Artemis, London; Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund, inv. no. 1984.584

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