Judas Leaving the High Priest

Anonymous Artist

Associated Names
Anonymous Artist

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Related Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a drawing of a group of people inside a building with large columns on the right. A group of people is gathered on the left side, facing the right. To the right of center, there is one person at the top of the steps that are between the large columns, appearing to walk down the stairs and away from the group. They are facing us with their hands raised. The drawing features loose lines and minimal details, and it is in shades of gray and brown on off-white paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 17.7 x 23.2 cm (6 15/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.669

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marsden J. Perry (Lugt 1880), NGA

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1935

  • Master Drawings: selected from the museums and private collections of America, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Gallery, NY, 1935, no. 54, repro.

  • Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings by Rembrandt and his Circle, Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1935-1936, no. 42, repro.

1936

  • Drawings, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT, 1936, no. 77.

  • Rembrandt and his Circle, Worcester Art Museum, MA, 1936, no. 42, repro.

Bibliography

1925

  • Valentiner 1925-1934, no.464.

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.)

Inscriptions

upper left verso in graphite: Dessin garanti original de Rembrandt pensee de son / gravure "Le Synagogue" / E. Jullien Expert / 12 rue Sequier

Wikidata ID

Q64632819