Christ Preaching (La petite Tombe)

c. 1652

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a print of a man standing in the center of a gathering, surrounded by other people in a large space. The central man has raised hands and is standing on an elevated platform. He has a beard and long hair, and there is a halo around his head, with light emanating from it. The surrounding people are looking towards him, some sitting and some standing. The crowd includes men and women of all ages, wearing a variety of garments and head coverings. On the right is an arched opening that reveals other buildings in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.4 x 20.7 cm (6 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 15.9 x 21.1 cm (6 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1955.6.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 67, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1961

  • Rembrandt Etchings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1961, no cat.

1966

  • Etchings by Rembrandt in the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, 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. 45, 48, repro.

1972

  • Rembrandt, Master Etcher: A Study Exhibition, Washington University Gallery of Art, Saint Louis, MO, 1972., no. 27.

  • Rare Etchings by G.B. and G.D. Tiepolo, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1972, not in cat.

1973

  • Etchings by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no cat.

1977

  • Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections [complementary installation], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1977.

1983

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

2006

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

2011

  • Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 2011-2012, no. 53A.

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

  • Allelu!: Judson Bible Series (December 1993-January, February 1994): 55.

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 298, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65364809

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