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Joseph Threatened by his Brothers

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Medium

reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with some pen and black ink (on the headgear of the man at right), over traces of black chalk

Dimensions

h 169mm × w 175mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; ink

Object Type

drawing

Production Place

Amsterdam

Acquisition Method

gift

Acquired

1930

Notes

hoogte 169 mm x breedte 175 mm

Collection Type

drawings

About Willem Drost

1620–1700 • Dutch Republic

Dutch, late 17th or early 18th century

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