From 9/20 through 9/23, visitors may only enter through the John R entrance. All other entrances, plus the museum grounds, Kirby St and Farnsworth St will be closed during this time for Concours d'Elegance.

The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan, 1635

  • Daniel Bretschneider the Younger, German, active 1623-1658

Oil, glass, mica

  • Unframed: 4 3/4 × 7 5/8 × 1 1/8 inches (12.1 × 19.4 × 2.9 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund

1994.22

Department

European Painting

Details

Signed and dated, lower Right corner, D.B. 1635 [located just over the saddle on the donkey]

(Rafael Valls Gallery, London, England)

1994-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Daniel Bretschneider the Younger, The Good Samaritan, 1635, oil, glass, mica. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, 1994.22.

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