Hagar Seated at the Fountain
1654/1655
Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
Overall (Right Sh): 13.6 x 9.3 cm (5 3/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
overall (joined Sh): 13.6 x 18.2 cm (5 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
overall: 86.3 cm (34 in.) -
Accession
1942.9.662
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Catalogue Raisonné
Benesch 1973, no. 946
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William Esdaile (according to Benesch). Reginald Pole Carew, London (1753–1835) (not in Lugt); (his sale, Mr. Wheatley, London, no. 242); (Thomas Palser, London). Marsden J. Perry, Providence, R.I. (b. 1850) (Lugt 1880); Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, PA; gift to NGA, 1942.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
Drawings and Watercolors by Flemish and Dutch Masters, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1954.
1969
Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 36, 41, repro., as Hagar in the Desert of Sinai.
2006
Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
1925
Valentiner, Wilhelm R. Rembrandt, des Meisters Handzeichnungen. 2 vols. Klassiker der Kunst in Gesamtausgaben. Berlin, 1925–1934: 2(1934): no. 17 ("nicht ganz sicher")
1969
National Gallery of Art. Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art: Commemorating the tercentenary of the artist's death. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1969: 41, no. 36, repro., as Hagar in the Desert of Sinai.
1973
Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.): no. 946
Inscriptions
Inscribed by W. Esdaile on mount lower right in brown ink: Rembrandt from the Carew Collection
Wikidata ID
Q64620300