Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606, Leiden – 1669, Amsterdam)
Title Balaam and his Ass.
Alternate title(s):
Year 1626
Technique Oil on oak
Dimensions 63.2 × 46.5 cm (24.88 × 18.31 in)
Current location Musée Cognacq-Jay Paris
Notes Signed and dated bottom centre: RH 1626
Provenance:
* by 1641: Alfonso López, Paris (?)
* Date unknown: acquired by Simon Maris, Amsterdam
* by 1905: Jacob Goudstikker (art dealer), Amsterdam
* by 1907: Ridder Gustav Heschek von Mühlheim, Prague
* Date unknown: acquired by F. Kleinberger, New York
* by 1918: Ferdinand Hermann, New York
* Date unknown: acquired by Ernest Cognacq, Paris
* 1928: ceded to the city of Paris by Ernest Cognacq
* 1928 (?): lent to the Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris, by the city of Paris (?)
