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Among his most expressive uses of the reed pen, this drawing is a fully realized depiction of Noah’s family boarding the ark prior to the great flood described in the Old Testament’s Book of Genesis. The vessel occupies the entire width of the sheet, and Rembrandt emphasized the act of departure by placing figures in the lower left corner who gesture inward, as if indicating where they will soon go. Rembrandt drew a borderline—albeit somewhat haphazardly—around the perimeter of his composition, indicating his satisfaction with his interpretation of the well-known biblical subject. This type of multifigure scene with a literary source provided the standard so many of his pupils aimed to match.
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Eugéne Dutuit, Tableaux et Dessins de Rembrandt, Supplément à l’oeuvre complet de Rembrandt
Eugéne Dutuit, Tableaux et Dessins de Rembrandt, Supplément à l’oeuvre complet de Rembrandt (Paris: A. Lévy, 1885), p. 105 (as Old Testament subject with seven figures).
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20
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Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse de Villenave (1762–1846), Paris [stamp (Lugt 2598), recto, lower left, in blue]
Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse de Villenave (1762–1846), Paris [stamp (Lugt 2598), recto, lower left, in blue]
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20
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exhibition
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age", September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020, pp. 30, 73, 76-77 (ill.), 78, 309, cat. 24, cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age", September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020, pp. 30, 73, 76-77 (ill.), 78, 309, cat. 24, cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
Tue
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Shelley Perlove and George S. Keyes
Shelley Perlove and George S. Keyes (editors), Seventeenth-Century European Drawings in Midwestern Collections: The Age of Bernini, Rembrandt, and Poussin (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015), pp. 116 , 164 no. 65, 165 (ill.).
Tue
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exhibition
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, Oct. 26, 2003–Jan. 18, 2004, pp. 259, 263 (ill.)–65 and 329, cat. 178; also the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 14–May 9, 2004.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, Oct. 26, 2003–Jan. 18, 2004, pp. 259, 263 (ill.)–65 and 329, cat. 178; also the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 14–May 9, 2004.
Tue
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Otto Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt
Otto Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt (London: Phaidon, 1957), vol 5, no. 1045, fig. 1329.
Tue
20
Jan
exhibition
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Rembrandt, May 18–Aug. 5, 1956, cat. 248, pl. 68; also Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Aug. 8–Oct. 21, 1956.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Rembrandt, May 18–Aug. 5, 1956, cat. 248, pl. 68; also Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Aug. 8–Oct. 21, 1956.
Tue
20
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Harold Joachim, "Three Drawings by Rembrandt," The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, vol 48:1
Harold Joachim, "Three Drawings by Rembrandt," The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, vol 48:1 (February 1954), pp. 11–13 (ill.).
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sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953.
sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953.
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Jakob Rosenberg, Rembrandt
Jakob Rosenberg, Rembrandt (Cambridge, 1948), vol I: 213, fig. 278.
Tue
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exhibition
Bern, Switzerland, Kunstmuseum Bern, Rembrandt, Apr. 18–May 30, 1937, p. 45, cat. 204.
Bern, Switzerland, Kunstmuseum Bern, Rembrandt, Apr. 18–May 30, 1937, p. 45, cat. 204.
Tue
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Otto Benesch, Rembrandt Werk und Forschung
Otto Benesch, Rembrandt Werk und Forschung (Vienna: Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1935), p. 62.
Tue
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Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Die Handzeichnungen Rembrandts
Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Die Handzeichnungen Rembrandts (New York: E. Weyhe, 1925), vol. 1, p. 10, pl. 6 (ill.).
Tue
20
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sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June, 9–11 1914, lot 50....
sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June, 9–11 1914, lot 50. Paul Mathey (1844–1929), Paris [Benesch 1957]. Alfred Strölin (1871–1954) or his son Alfred Strölin (1912–1974), Paris and Lausanne, by 1925 [Valentiner 1925]
Tue
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sold, Hôtel des Commissaires Priseurs, Paris, Apr....
sold, Hôtel des Commissaires Priseurs, Paris, Apr. 30, 1855, lot 3042 [Dutuit 1885 and Cambridge, Mass. 1960]. M. Denesle. Sold, Paris, Mar. 30, 1860. Guillaume de Gontaut (1859–1939), Marquis de Biron
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sold, Alliance des Arts, Dec....
sold, Alliance des Arts, Dec. 6, 1842 [stamp (Lugt 61), recto, lower left, in blue]. Possibly F. van den Zande
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Deirdre C. Stam, Charles C. Cunningham, John M. Maxon, Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years: A Symposium—Rembrandt and His Followers
Deirdre C. Stam, Charles C. Cunningham, John M. Maxon, Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years: A Symposium—Rembrandt and His Followers (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1973), pp. 107, 134, and 141.
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John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1970), pp. 144–145 (ill.).
Mon
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Jan
exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years, Oct.25–Dec.7, 1969, pp. 177 and 230 (ill.), cat. 139; also the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Dec. 22, 1969–Feb. 1, 1970; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, Feb. 24–Apr. 5...
Art Institute of Chicago, Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years, Oct.25–Dec.7, 1969, pp. 177 and 230 (ill.), cat. 139; also the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Dec. 22, 1969–Feb. 1, 1970; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, Feb. 24–Apr. 5, 1970.
Mon
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Hans-Martin Rotermund, trans. Shierry M. Weber, Rembrandt’s Drawings and Etchings for the Bible
Hans-Martin Rotermund, trans. Shierry M. Weber, Rembrandt’s Drawings and Etchings for the Bible (Philadelphia and Boston: Pilgrim Press, 1969), pp. 11, 311, no. 6 (ill. p. 29).
Wed
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exhibition
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Rembrandt: The Bible in Art and Archaeology, Drawings and Etchings, May 11–Jun. 28, 1965, n.p., cat. 3 (ill.).
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Rembrandt: The Bible in Art and Archaeology, Drawings and Etchings, May 11–Jun. 28, 1965, n.p., cat. 3 (ill.).
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exhibition
New York, Wildenstein and Company, Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 17–Nov. 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 33, pl. 13b.
New York, Wildenstein and Company, Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 17–Nov. 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 33, pl. 13b.
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Hans-Martin Rotermund, Rembrandts Handzeichnungen und Radierungen zur Bibel
Hans-Martin Rotermund, Rembrandts Handzeichnungen und Radierungen zur Bibel (Stuttgart, 1963), pp. 10 and 311, no. 6 (ill.).
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Ira Moskowitz, Great Drawings of All Time
Ira Moskowitz, Great Drawings of All Time (New York,: Shorewood Publishers, Inc., 1962), vol. II, no. 597 (ill.).
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Walther Scheidig, Rembrandt als Zeichner
Walther Scheidig, Rembrandt als Zeichner (Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, 1962), p. 67, pl. 170.
Wed
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Jan
exhibition
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Rembrandt Drawings from American Collections, Mar. 15–Apr. 16, 1960, pp. 53–54, cat. 75, pl. 68; also Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Apr. 27–May 29, 1960.
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Rembrandt Drawings from American Collections, Mar. 15–Apr. 16, 1960, pp. 53–54, cat. 75, pl. 68; also Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Apr. 27–May 29, 1960.
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