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Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

1635

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is an intricate drawing of a crowded interior space with numerous figures and livestock engaged in a scene of chaos or conflict. The architectural features include prominent arches and streamers on the ceiling, creating a grand setting. The composition is dense, with an elaborate interweaving of lines and textures capturing the tumult and drama of the scenario depicted.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.7096
Catalogue Raisonné

White/Boon 1969, no. 69, State i-ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b), purchased at the Hollstein and Puppel Sale, 1929, lot #757; given to the National Gallery of Art, 1943

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.

1956

The Life of Christ in Prints, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1956-1957, no cat.

1958

Magnifying the Bible through Art, Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, TN, 1958.
Life of Christ, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 1958-1959, no catalogue.

1961

Rembrandt's Etchings, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1962.

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. 139, i/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65024511

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