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James Bretherton

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (8)

A Sunday Concert

1777 · Etching and aquatint in brown on cream laid paper

Image: 33.5 × 48.5 cm (13 1/4 × 19 1/8 in.); Plate: 36.5 × 50 cm (14 3/8 × 19 11/16 in.); Sheet: 37.5 × 51.4 cm (14 13/16 × 20 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael

1760 · etching on paper

width: 93 cm, height: 123 cm

Rijksmuseum

Old woman sleeping

1760 · etching on paper

height: 69 cm, width: 52 cm

Rijksmuseum

Christ and the woman of Samaria among ruins

1760 · etching on paper

height: 120 cm, width: 106 cm

Rijksmuseum

Young man in a velvet cap (Petrus Sylvius?)

1760 · etching on paper

width: 82 cm, height: 95 cm

Rijksmuseum

Beggar man and woman behind a bank

1760 · etching on paper

height: 111 cm, width: 80 cm

Rijksmuseum

Bust of a man wearing a high cap, three quarters right: the artist's father (?)

1760 · etching on paper

height: 103 cm, width: 83 cm

Rijksmuseum

The rat catcher

1760 · etching on paper

height: 140 cm, width: 123 cm

Rijksmuseum

Artwork sources (2)

8 published of 8 catalogued · 8 with image

Rijksmuseum
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Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

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7 entries · 1 sources

Young man in a velvet cap (Petrus Sylvius?)
1760 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael
1760 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Old woman sleeping
1760 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Christ and the woman of Samaria among ruins
1760 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The rat catcher
1760 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Beggar man and woman behind a bank
1760 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Bust of a man wearing a high cap, three quarters right: the artist's father (?)
1760 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

Met Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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