This should move you through the text very swiftly. Abbreviations: the bibliographical abbreviations refer to the literature listed under the Bibliography tab. It should be assumed that the authors quoted regarded the drawings referred to as by Rembrandt unless otherwise stated. For example: See rembrandtcatalogue. Watermark: a crown above a band with three orbs truncated ; chain loines horizontal. The position of the corpse of St John is wholly different. There are, however, grounds for concern in the style.
The thin underdrawing of the executioner resembles later works by Rembrandt cf. Benesch and and recto and the brown preparation is also more characteristic of the later s. Summary attribution: Rembrandt? Date: ? RF ; stamped with L. Tempesta ; Broos, , p.
Louvre, , no. Amsterdam, , p. Kassel-Amsterdam, , under no. Amsterdam, , no. First posted 4 June Chain lines: 27h. Laid down on a 19th?
The drawing may date from the first half of the s, slightly later than Sumowski surmised. Compare also Benesch The drawing has often been brought into discussions of a painting of Zacharias in the Temple, possibly by Rembrandt but now known only through two copies. Condition: rather faded. Summary attribution: Ferdinand Bol? Warsaw, , no. Bol ; Drost, , p. Bol ; Munich, , p.
Wroclaw , no. Bol, c. Benesch Subject: Study of a High Priest half-length, to right Medium: Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash the upper corners restored in pen and violet grey ink, which also disfigures the face and other parts of the drawing ; unruled framing-lines in pen and brown ink perhaps partly ruled down right side.
