Joachim Wtewael

Literature

Collection catalogues
Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century, Washington; New York and Oxford, 1995, pp. 394-398

Literature
Anna Tummers, The eye of the connoisseur, Amsterdam, 2011, fig. 128

Provenance

Sale, Foster, London, 29 November 1833, nr. 29, as by J. de Wael
Thomas Chawner, Esq. (died 1851), London and Addlestone, near Chertsey, Surrey
his estate sale, Foster, London, 16 June 1852, nr. 97
Chance
H. Charles Erhardt, Esq., London, by 1892
sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 19-22 June 1931, nr. 273, as by J.B. de Wael
"Leffer" or "Lepper"
Francis Howard, Esq., Dorking, by 1955
sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 25 November 1955, nr. 52, as by J.B. de Wael
with Arcade Gallery, London
sold to Vincent Korda, London
repurchased 1967 by Arcade Gallery, London
sold 1967 to Edward Speelman, London
purchased 31 January 1972 by NGA

Iconclass

71E1263 Moses strikes the rock twice in front of the assembled people and water gushes out; the people quench their thirst

External links

RKD 258722
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1972.11.1

Other works by Joachim Wtewael

St. Sebastian
1600

The Battle between the Gods and the Giants
c. 1608

The Baptism of Christ
1607

Lot and His Daughters

The Adoration of the Shepherds