David in Prayer

1652

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image displays the upper body of a person kneeling next to a bed with their hands clasped together. Their head is slightly tilted upward, and their face is in profile. The person is covered in a long garment, surrounded by a sumptuous bed with elaborate curtains and a piece of furniture at the foot of the bed. The setting indicates a richly furnished interior with heavy fabric and detailed etching, suggesting an intimate and enclosed space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and some drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7219

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 41, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Davidsohn [1839-1924?], Berlin (Lugt 654); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1947

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Frans Hals and Rembrandt, Los Angeles County Museum, 1947, no. 31.

1959

  • Pennsylvania State University, College Park, 1959.

1966

  • Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 108.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 100, 67.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 268, i/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024780

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