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REMBRANDT-SCHOLAR or FOLLOWER1
(17th century)
The Hand Washing of Pontius Pilate2
Ink and Indian ink, brown wash, study in black chalk on the reverse
side, 144 x 91 mm; small flaw on the upper edge, Verso: Figure study.
Van Renesse’s drawing entitled “The Damnation of Susanne“ (inv. no.
32/60) in the Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie (municipal Wessenberg
gallery), Constance, is stylistically very similar to this work, and
is dated 1662. (Lit.: Von Rembrandt bis Menzel – Meisterwerke der
Zeichenkunst. Die Sammlung Brandes bearbeitet von Michael Bringmann
(From Rembrandt to Menzel – Masterpieces of Draughtsmanship. The
Brandes collection, edited by Michael Bringmann), Städtische
Wessenberg-Galerie, Constance, Bönnigheim 2001, p. 80 -81, with
illustration).
1 possibly Daniel van Renesse
(1626 Maarssen – 1680 Eindhoven)
2 (according to: Matthew 27, 1 v.
11-26; Luke 23, 1-25; John 18, 28-
40; 19, 1-16) |
