DrawingsDutch17th century

Simon Magus Rebuked by Saint Peter

17th century

Artists

Jan de BisschopArtist

Francesco VanniArtist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

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

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

51.8 x 38.3 cm (20 3/8 x 15 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Jeronimus Tonneman, sold; [Amsterdam, De Leth, 21 October 1754 and following days, lot D5], to De Leth. Perhaps Michiel Oudaan, sold; [Rotterdam, J. Bosch et al., 3 November 1766 and following days, lot N76], to Yver. Perhaps Johan van der Marck, sold; [Amsterdam, De Winter and Yver, 29 November 1773 and following days, lot 894], to Hendrik van Maarseveen, sold; [Amsterdam, Bunel et al., 28 October 1793 and following days, lot A3], to Jacob de Vos, sold; [Amsterdam, De Vries et al., 30-31 October 1833, lot X2], to the widow of Van den Bergh. D. Vis Blokhuyzen, sold; [Rotterdam, Lamme, 23 October 1871 and following days, lot 74], to; W.C.P. baron van Reede van Oudtshoorn, sold; [Amsterdam, Roos et al., 27-28 October 1874, lot 212], to Vincent van Gogh, sold; [Amsterdam, De Vries, 2-3 December 1913, lot 75]. Paul Brandt, by 1963. Sold [Sotheby’s, London, 7 July 2011, lot 22], to Otto Naumann, New York, sold; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, 2014

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