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Drawing of eight men in conversation. Each wears a long robe-like garment, boots, and a turban on their head.

Eight men are drawn standing in a group. Some in conversation, others not. One man faces away from the viewer while the remaining seven are positioned forwards. Each man wears a long, flowing robe, a turban or hat, and boots. One of the men appears to have a beard while the rest do not. Two groups, including two and three men respectively, are engaged in separate conversations. The remaining three men are somewhat obstructed as they stand behind the other conversing individuals.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.633
People
Arent de Gelder, Dutch (Dordrecht 1645 - 1727 Dordrecht)
Title
Men in Middle Eastern Costume
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1661-1662
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293769

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, white opaque watercolor, some brown wash on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
15.1 × 19.5 cm (5 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Parsons & Sons Gallery, London, 1923]. [Art market, Berlin, 1934]. [Charles Albert de Burlet, Basel, 1951]. [1] Herbert List, Munich. Sold [through unidentified auction, Berlin, May 11, 1964, lot 252]. [Alfred Brod, London.] [Annette Ruth Brod, London, by 1970], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1991

[1] 1951 comes from the RKD

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in appreciation of Martin Royalton-Kisch
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.633
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William R. Valentiner, Die Handzeichnungen Rembrandts, E. Weyhe Gallery and Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (New York and Stuttgart, Germany, 1925), Vol. 2, pp. xxxiii-xxxv, repr. as fig. 34
  • M.D. Henkel, Catalogus van de Nederlandsche Teekeningen in het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam, Algemeene Landsdrukkerij (The Hague, 1943), vol. I, p. 84, under no. 1
  • Alfred Bader, "Aert de Gelder's 'Forecourt of a Temple'", The Burlington Magazine (October 1970), vol. 112, no. 811, pp. 690-692, pp. 690-692, repr. p. 691 as fig. 42
  • Werner Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, ed. Walter Strauss, Abaris Books (New York, NY, 1979), pp. 2338, no. 1052, repr.
  • Arent de Gelder: Rembrandts laatste leerling, exh. cat., Dordrechts Museum/Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon (Dordrecht/Ghent, 1998), cat. no. 58, repr. (color), also p. 110, detail p. 254; pp. 112, 114
  • William W. Robinson, Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 54, repr.
  • Peter Schatborn, Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken, and Hélène Grollemund, Rembrandt dessinateur: Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections en France, Musée du Louvre Éditions and Somogy Éditions d'Art (Paris, 2006), p. 25, n. 65
  • Holm Bevers, Lee Hendrix, William W. Robinson, and Peter Schatborn, Drawings by Rembrandt and his Pupils: Telling the Difference, exh. cat., J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, 2009), cat. no. 39.2, pp. 230-31, 260, repr. in color p. 229; under cat. no. 40.2, p. 234; under cat. no. 41.2, pp. 238-39
  • Catalogue of Drawings by Rembrandt and his School in the British Museum, website, British Museum, 2010, under cat. no. Drost.4, under cat. no. Gelder.1, and under cat. no. Gelder.2
  • Peter Schatborn, Rembrandt and his Circle: Drawings in the Frits Lugt Collection, Thoth Publishers and Fondation Custodia (2010), vol. 1, p. 223, under cat. no. 88
  • Peter C. Sutton and William W. Robinson, Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., Bruce Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2011), p. 134-135, cat. no. 49, repr.
  • Annemarie Stefes, Niederländische Zeichnungen 1450-1850: Kupferstichkabinett der Hamburger Kunsthalle, ed. Andreas Stolzenburg and Hubertus Gaßner, Böhlau Verlag (Cologne, 2011), vol. 1, p. 233, under cat. no. 346
  • Stephanie Schrader, ed., Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India, exh. cat., J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, 2018), p. 47, repr. as fig. 32

Exhibition History

  • Arent de Gelder: Rembrandts laatste leerling, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, 10/10/1998 - 01/17/1999; Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 02/19/1999 - 05/19/1999
  • Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, British Museum, London, 06/13/2002 - 09/22/2002; Institut Néerlandais, Paris, 10/10/2002 - 12/08/2002; Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/22/2003 - 07/06/2003
  • Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 12/08/2009 - 02/28/2010
  • Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, 09/24/2011 - 01/08/2012; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 04/15/2012 - 07/08/2012
  • Imagine Me and You: Dutch and Flemish Encounters with the Islamic World, 1450–1750, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/18/2024 - 08/18/2024

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