Carel Fabritius

The Liberation of Saint Peter



Carel Fabritius - The Liberation of Saint Peter



Carel Fabritius
The Liberation of Saint Peter
mid 1640s
167 x 156 mm
Pen and brown ink, brush and blue-gray wash
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Gift of Mr. Cornelis Hofstede de Groot


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Sumowski Drawings 220 (as Bol)

Collection catalogues
Peter Schatborn, Tekeningen van / Drawings by Rembrandt in het / in the Rijksmuseum, 's-Gravenhage, 1985, nr. 63 (as Carel Fabritius)



Provenance

collection Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859), London
?his sale, London, Christie's, 17 (18) July 1893 sqq., possibly nr. 254, as Rembrandt van Rijn, to Robinson
Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), London
from whom purchased, as Rembrandt van Rijn, with seven other drawings, through the mediation of the dealer Thomas Agnew, London, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1901
by whom donated to the museum, 1906, but kept in usufruct
transferred to the museum, 1930

External links

Rijksmuseum Accession number RP-T-1930-31

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Carel Fabritius A Child Trying to Walk Between Two Standing Women
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Carel Fabritius Young Couple on a Horse
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Carel Fabritius Hera and Io
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Carel Fabritius Sleeping Girl
Sleeping Girl
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