Benesch 601- illustrations (in progress)

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Drawings still considered to be by
Rembrandt are aligned to the left

Comparative illustrations are ranged down
the centre and some ‘attributed’ drawings

Drawings no longer considered to be
by Rembrandt are aligned to the right

Benesch 600
Rembrandt
The Prodigal Son among the Swine 1650-55?
GB London, British Museum

Benesch 601 Watermark

Benesch 601 Fig.a. Top: Benesch 601; centre Benesch 779 (left) and 778 (right),
with Benesch 777 below

Benesch 602
Hagar Weeping at Abraham’s Door, a fragment 1650-54?
F Paris, Musée du Louvre (Walter Gay bequest)

Benesch 602 Watermark

Benesch 602 Fig.a. Details of (centre): Benesch 602, Benesch 944 (left) and
Benesch A 113 (right)

Benesch 603
Willem Drost?
The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard 1650-52?
I Turin, Biblioteca Reale

Benesch 603 Detail, enlarged

Benesch 603 Watermark

Benesch 603 Fig.a. Details of (left to right): Benesch 944, Benesch 603 and
Benesch A 113

Benesch 604
Willem Drost?
The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard 1650-52?
NL Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

Benesch 604 Verso (reduced)
Willem Drost?
A Sketch of the Master from the Parable c.1650-52
NL Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

Benesch 605
School of Rembrandt/Rembrandt??/ Willem Drost??
The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard 1648-52
USA New York, Morgan Library

Benesch 605 Watermark

Benesch 606
Rembrandt
Esau Selling his Birthright to Jacob 1640-41?
GB London, British Museum

Benesch 606, Detail, enlarged

Benesch 606, Fig.a. Willem van Swanenburg after Paulus Moreelse, Esau Selling his Birthright to Jacob, 1609. Engraving, 278 x 364. GB London, British Museum (inv. 1874,0808.1731)

Benesch 607
Willem Drost?? / Rembrandt??? (based on Rembrandt?)
Esau Selling his Birthright to Jacob 1652?
NL Amsterdam, Museum het Rembrandthuis

Benesch 608
School of Rembrandt /Ferdinand Bol?
The Angel Showing Tobias the Fish 1645-48?
Private Collection (formerly Ian Woodner, New York)

Benesch 609
School of Rembrandt/After Rembrandt?/Willem Drost??/Retouched by Rembrandt?
Susannah and the Elders 1652-55
F Paris, Musée du Louvre (Collection Edmond de Rothschild)

Benesch 610
School of Rembrandt / Carel Fabritius??
Boaz Meeting Ruth in his Fields 1645-50?
F Paris, Musée du Louvre

Benesch 610 Fig. a. Left: School of Rembrandt (possibly reworked by another hand in the foreground vegetation), Boaz Meeting Ruth in his Fields, c. 1645-50, pen and brown ink with brown and (later?) grey wash. 167 x 252. NL Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Benesch 611
School of Rembrandt / Willem Drost??
Christ and the Woman of Samaria c. 1648-52
GB Birmingham, Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Benesch 612
School of Rembrandt
The Parable of the Unworthy Wedding Guest 1645-50?
A Vienna, Albertina

Benesch 612, Fig. a. Left: copy after Benesch 612, pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite. 181 x 265. A Vienna Albertina (inv. 8801), with right: Benesch 612

Benesch 613
Carel Fabritius?
Christ Awakening the Apostles 1650?
P Warsaw, University Library

Benesch 614
School of Rembrandt / Rembrandt??
The Man of Gibeah Offers Hospitality to the Levite and his Concubine 1645-40?
D Frankfurt, Städel

Benesch 614 Detail, enlarged

Benesch 614, Fig. a. Left: Benesch 185 with right a detail of Benesch 0614

Benesch 614 Fig. b. Left: The Good Samaritan, 1640-45? Pen and brown ink, 239 x 195 mm. Berlin, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, with right: Benesch 614 (with enlarged details below)

Benesch 615
Rembrandt
The Levite Fastening the Dead Concubine to an Ass 1647-50?
D Weimar, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museen
(Image slightly enlarged)

Benesch 616
Rembrandt [?]
The Liberation of St Peter 1647-50?
D Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum

Benesch 616 Detail, enlarged

Benesch 616 Fig. a. Enlarged details of (left) Benesch 767 and (right) Benesch 616