The Good Samaritan

Title

The Good Samaritan

Draughtsman

• Willem Drost attributed

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• reed pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Unten rechts Trockenstempel der Sammlung Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (Lugt 1391)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Sumowski III.1240.569

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Samaritan

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 10,25-37

Primary

• 73C8614 the Samaritan and the wounded traveller arrive at the inn; the traveller is cared for
• 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask
• 25I2411 village lane, alley
• 46C13 animal mounts; pack-animals

Historic Attribution

• Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn draughtsman