Attributed to Constantijn van Renesse

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Attributed to Constantijn van Renesse

1626-1680

Lot Defending the Angels from the Men of Sodom (?): Genesis 19:1-11

Pen and black ink, gray and brown wash, with corrections in reed pen, brown ink, and some opaque white, on paper.

7 3/4 x 10 3/16 inches (196 x 259 mm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Whitridge in Celebration of their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.

1967.24

Notes:

Rembrandt (1606-1669) corrected Renesse's original drawing, presumably when Renesse was in his studio ca. 1649.

Inscription:

Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink, "Rembrand".
Watermark: Foolscap with five points over "4" and letters "ID" and three balls, partially obscured (similar to Heawood, no. 1963), cap with two balls.

Provenance:

Charles Rogers (1711-84), London (Lugt 624); possibly his sale, London, T. Philipe, 15-23 April 1799, lot 58: "One by ditto [Rembrandt]--a subject unknown, with many figures--pen and bistre, with Indian ink"; Chevalier Ignace-Joseph de Claussin (1766-1844), Paris and London (Lugt 485); Edward Adolphus, 12th Duke of Somerset (1804-85), Bulstrode Park; his sale, London, Christie's, 28 June 1890, lot 7 (to Sedelmeyer for £11.11.0); Charles Sedelmeyer, New York; Charles Stewart Smith, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph I. Margolis, New York; acquired from their son, Stephen Margolis.

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Associated names:

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, Corrected by.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, School of, Formerly attributed to.
Rogers, Charles, 1711-1784, former owner.
Claussin, Ignace-Joseph de, 1795-1844, former owner.
Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of, 1804-1885, former owner.
Smith, Charles Stewart, former owner.
Margolis, Adolph I., former owner.
Margolis, Stephen, former owner.
Whitridge, Arnold, 1891-1989, donor.
Whitridge, Janetta Alexander, donor.

Bibliography:

Adams, Frederick B., Jr., ed. Fifteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967 & 1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 104-6 (as school of Rembrandt, possibly Renesse, with corrections by Rembrandt).
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 163-4 (as school of Rembrandt, possibly Renesse, with corrections by Rembrandt).
Stampfle, Felice. Rubens and Rembrandt in Their Century : Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979, no. 80, repr. (as school of Rembrandt, possibly Renesse, with corrections by Rembrandt).
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 251.

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