Lot 61: David Colijns (Rotterdam 1582-1658/68 Amsterdam?)

The Prophet Elisha and the Children of Bethel
signed and dated 'D.Colijns/1627' (lower right)
oil on panel
40.3 x 71.9 cm.

Utrecht, Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent, in long-term loan since 10 May 1977, inv. no. RMCCs35.

J. Briels, Vlaamse Schilders in de Noordelijke Nederlanden in het begin van de Gouden eeuw 1585- 1630, Haarlem, 1987, pp. 69 and 71, no. 62, illustrated.
H.L.M. Defoer et al., Goddelijk Geschilderd: Honderd Meesterwerken van Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, Utrecht, 2002, p. 196-7, note 5.

Private Collection, on loan to the Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent, inv. no. RMCCs35, since 10 May 1977.

The subject is taken from II Kings 2:23-4.

This is a pendant to the The Ascension of Elisha, also signed and dated 1627, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. A1617.

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