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St Jerome Reading in his Study

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Medium

reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or brush, with opaque white (oxidized); framing lines in brown ink

Dimensions

h 147mm × w 167mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; ink; deck paint

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

St. Jerome as penitent in his study

Production Place

Amsterdam

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1948

Notes

…; sale, Freiherr Max von Eelking (1813-78, Meiningen), Cologne (J.M. Heberle), 3 June 1902 sqq., no. 143, as Rembrandt, DM 700, to Johannes Christ...

Collection Type

drawings

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1620–1700 • Dutch Republic

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