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Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn

The Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee, 1645/1655

Not on View

Medium

reed pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white on laid paper; laid down

Dimensions

overall: 20.8 x 18.7 cm (8 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner

Catalogue Raisonné

Benesch 1973, no. 587a

Accession Number

2006.11.18

Artists / Makers

Netherlandish 17th Century (artist)

Rembrandt van Rijn (artist) Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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Provenance

Jonathan Richardson Sr. [1665-1745] (Lugt 2183), London; Thomas Hudson [1701-1779] (Lugt 2432), London; Mrs. Symonds (sale, Oxford, 11 April 1951); (sale, London, Sotheby's, 12 March 1963, lot 66); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Hudson, Thomas
Richardson, Sr., Jonathan
Symonds Mrs.
Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Andrea
Woodner, Ian

Exhibition History

1971: Woodner Collection I: A Selection of Old Master Drawings before 1700, William H. Schab Gallery, New York and tour, 1971-72, no. 64.

1976: Old Master Drawings from American Collections. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1976, 194.

1983: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 52.

1986: Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 74.

1986: Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 62.

1987: Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 64.

1990: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 78.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 71.

2006: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2006: Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2017: The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1964: Benesch, Otto. "Neuentdeckte Zeichnungen von Rembrandt." Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 4 (1964): 127-130.

1973: Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.): no. 587z

1977: de Gaigneron, Axelle. "Ian Woodner, amateur américain de réputation mondiale, commente quelques oeuvres majeures de sa collection." Connaissance des Arts CCCX (1977): 104.

1992: Dethloff, Diana. "Patterns of drawing collecting in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England." Drawing: Masters and Methods Raphael to Redon Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1992, fig. 7.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 71.