The Door of the Synagogue

Details

Attributed to Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dordrecht 1627-1678)
The Door of the Synagogue
black chalk, pen and brown ink, yellow, brown and grey wash, pen and brown ink framing lines, watermark high P (?)
9 x 7¼ in. (230 x 188 mm.)

Provenance

S. Woodburn; Christie's, 7 June 1860, lot 748, as Rembrandt (10s. to Roupell).
R.P. Roupell (L. 2234), his mount with his date '1860.';
Christie's, 13 July 1887, lot 109, as Rembrandt (£6.10s. with lot 1090 to Thibaudeau).
J.P. Heseltine (L. 1508).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, 28 May 1935, lot 189 (£9).

Exhibited

London, Grosvenor Galleries, 1878, no. 208.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The strong washes, heavy hatching and even the presence of the dog are all reminscent of drawings around Hoogstraten, for example in a drawing attributed to him in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem (W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, New York, 1981, V, no. 1198x). We are grateful to Peter Schatborn for making this suggestion.

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