Lot 59
  • 59

Studio of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • The Archangel Raphael Taking Leave of Tobit
  • oil on panel

Provenance

Nathaniel Hone, by 1765;
Wombwell, London, by 1854.

Literature

G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, Vol. II, London 1854, p. 308 (as Rembrandt);
E. Michel, Rembrandt, His life, his work and his time, London 1895, p. 232, note 1;
Stichting Foundation Rembrandt Research Project, A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, Vol. III, Dordrecht 1989, pp. 240-41, under cat. no. A121, Copy 2, reproduced figure 10 (as workshop of Rembrandt);
C. Brown, J. Kelch, P. van Thiel, Rembrandt- Der Meister und seine Werkstatt- Gemälde, Munich 1992, pp. 76-77, 88, no. 60, reproduced figure 89 (as workshop of Rembrandt);
A. Blankert, "Rembrandt and his Followers: Notes on Connoisseurship- its Potential and Pitfalls," in Selected Writings, Zwolle 2004, pp. 243-44, reproduced figure 246 (as Salomon de Koninck).

ENGRAVED:
Engraving by Anthony Walker (1726-1765). Inscribed: Rembrandt pinxt - Anthony Walker sculpsit/From a picture painted by Rembrandt in the Collection of Nathaniel Hone, Esq., Publish'd by Jn. Boydell, May 1st 1765.

Catalogue Note

This painting is a slightly modified replica of Rembrandt's composition, signed and dated 1637, in the Musée du Louvre.  The angel, in the present painting, faces the viewer rather than turning away, and there is the addition of a small potted plant at the far right.