Description: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, 194 x 295 mm. Ruled framing lines in black ink. Laid down.

This drawing is similar in layout and character to Paul Preaching in Athens in the British Museum, now attributed to Eeckhout by Royalton-Kisch. His comparison with a drawing in Braunschweig seems unjustified. Valentiner once suggested Philips Koninck for the London drawing. This seems much closer to the point, and even more so for the present drawing. Here the crowd is indicated with a few strokes and the face of Christ is drawn with a few, fine lines. Some zigzagging lines suggest a short beard. Similar characteristics are found in several of Koninck’s drawings. The compositions are usually more linear than the present one, which seems to be inspired by Rembrandt’s drawing Christ among his Disciples in Haarlem: the chiaroscuro of the group of listeners and also Christ’s gesture with his hand on his chest are similar. [Magnusson, Dutch Drawings no. 227]

Kristus predikar