DrawingsDutch17th century

Elsje Christiaens Hanging on a Gibbet

17th century

Artists

Rembrandt Harmensz. van RijnArtist

Nicolaes MaesPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16 × 9.4 cm (6 5/16 × 3 11/16 in.)

Provenance

M. de Bourguignon de Fabregoules, Aix-en-Provence sold; to Charles-Joseph-Barthélémy Giraud, Aix-en-Provence and Paris (L. 1143, lower right) sold; to Prosper Flury-Hérard, Paris (L. 1015, lower right). Paul Mathey, Paris.* François Flameng, Paris. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932. *Reference: Hofstede de Groot facsimile, 1903

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