DrawingsDutch17th century

Pilate Washing his Hands

c. 1650-c. 1655

Artists

Rembrandt Harmensz. van RijnArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 20.2 x 25.6 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Von Eelking, sold; [Heberle, 3-4 June, 1902, lot 133]. Private Collector, Scandinavia, sold [through Amsler and Ruthardt, Berlin, 25-27 May 1908, lot 415]; to F. Güterbock. [1] Dr. Edmund Schilling, London. [2] [Dr. W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich]. [Eberhard Kornfeld, Bern], sold [through Richard H. Zinsser, Forest Hills, New York]; to Fogg Art Museum, 1955 Notes [1] According to Benesch 1934, the drawing is still in the collection of Güterbock. [2] Schilling began collecting circa 1950 [see Bartrum, "Edmund Schilling (1888-1974), Scholar and Collector: Old Master Drawings at the British Museum," Apollo Magazine, 1997, pp. 52-53

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