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The Supper at Emmaus
Draughtsman: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
History note: Frans van de Velde, sold Amsterdam, 16 January 1775 no. 146, bt. Grebe (f32); [possibly sale Simon Fokke, 6 December 1784; possibly W.P. Kops, sold Haarlem, 14 March 1808; bt. van Leen (f6.5)]; J. Goll van Frankenstein, sold 1 July 1833, bt. de Vries (f.40); J.L.C. van den Berch van Heemstede, Amsterdam, sold Amsterdam, F. Muller, 19 January 1904, lot 291, repr. in cat., bt. Artaria, Vienna (880 gulden); possibly Edward Cichorius; [Eisler, sold Christie's, bt. Ricketts]; Ricketts and Shannon collection
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 198 mm
Width: 183 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Circa 1640 - 1641
Wash may have been added in 18th century, perhaps by Arnold Houbraken [1660-1719]
Brown ink
Brown wash
Whitening
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Pen, brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on paper
Accession number: 2139
Primary reference Number: 5026
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Supper at Emmaus" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/5026 Accessed: 2023-06-11 02:52:17
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Accession Number: 2290
Accession Number: 23.I.10-57
Accession Number: MAR.M.75 & A-1912
Accession Number: PD.13-1977
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