Christ Presented to the People: Oblong Plate

1655

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a drawing of a historical architectural scene. The image features a grand architectural facade with intricate details and figures positioned around and upon a raised platform. The platform is supported by large pillars and statues in niches. The central focus is the elevated structure with figures wearing robes, some holding staffs, and a scene where onlookers appear to be gathered in the foreground and on various levels of the structure. The drawing displays a strong use of hatching and cross-hatching techniques to create depth and texture, and the composition balances detailed figures against the structured rigidity of the architecture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.7 x 45.6 cm (14 1/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.6 x 46.6 cm (14 7/16 x 18 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.109

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 76, State viii/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1945

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.

1967

  • Master Prints on Biblical Themes, Sloan Galleries at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, 1967, no cat.

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. 55b, 58-59, repro.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, repro.

2004

  • The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York, 2004.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65024925

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