Artist: John Middleton Freeman. (Charlottesville, VA c. 1919-2000).
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Title: Tobias and the Angel after Rembrandt drawing.
Signed: Copied by Middleton; Titled: From a pen sketch by Rembrandt; Dated: 1938; Annotated: From The Old Testament; Inscribed: Why, I said then, were all angels males?
Dimensions: Sheet 9 3/8" x 7 1/8".
Date: 1938.
Materials and Techniques: ink drawing on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Lost corner, tears. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Middleton Freeman Portfolio.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XX C.
Note:
- possibly, after reproduction in the book by Hermann Knackfuss. Bielefeld und Leipzig Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing. 1897.
- The original drawing by Rembrandt is kept in the Albertina Museum in Vienna.