File:Christ on the cross (1631), by Rembrandt.jpg

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Rembrandt: Christ on the cross  wikidata:Q19850660 reasonator:Q19850660
Artist
Rembrandt  (1606–1669)  wikidata:Q5598 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn q:en:Rembrandt
 
Rembrandt
Alternative names
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 15 July 1606 Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Amsterdam
Work period between circa 1625 and circa 1669
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5598
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Christ on the cross Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lfr,"Le Christ en croix"
label QS:Lnl,"Christus aan het kruis"
label QS:Len,"Christ on the Cross"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Depicted people Jesus Edit this at Wikidata
Date 5 February 2013, 16:07 (UTC)
Medium oil on canvas mounted on panel
Dimensions height: 99.9 cm (39.3 in); width: 72.6 cm (28.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,99.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,72.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q15953985
Place of creation Leiden or Amsterdam
Object history by 27 October 1703
date QS:P,+1703-10-27T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1703-10-27T00:00:00Z/11
: Catharina Elisabeth Bode (1659-1703), Delft, as ‘een stuk schildery verbeeldende Christus aan het kruys van Rembrand’ (?) by 9 May 1781
date QS:P,+1781-05-09T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1781-05-09T00:00:00Z/11
: Marie-Alexandrine de Schietere née De Fraula, Bruges

9 May 1781: sale of the collection of Douariere de Philippe Charles de Schietere Marie-Alexandrine de Fraula at J. Garemyn, Bruges, lot no. 68, for 39-0 francs (as ‘Un très-beau Tableau d'une forme Centrée par le haut, le Panneau d'une seule piece, réprésentant Jesus Christ attaché à la Croix. Ce Tableau mérite l'admiration des Connoisseurs, particuliérement la Tête du Christ, dont l'expression douloureuse est traité au suprême dégré, peint dans l'année 1631, par Rembrant. B Haut 38,5, large 28 pouces.’)

1804: purchased by Xavier Duffour, Le Mas-d'Agenais, at an anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Dunkirk

1805: given to the Église Saint-Vincent, Le Mas-d'Agenais, by Xavier Duffour, Le Mas-d'Agenais
Exhibition history

Le siècle de Rembrandt, tableaux hollandais des collections publiques françaises, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 17 November 1970–15 February 1971, Cat.no. 170.

Rembrandt & Lievens in Leiden. ‘een jong en edel schildersduo’. ‘A pair of young and noble painters’, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, ISBN 9066303212, p. 115-116.

Rembrandt et la figure du Christ/Rembrandt and the face of Jesus, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 21 April 2011–18 July 2011, ISBN 978-88-89854-71-6, cat. no.  10.
Inscriptions

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IESVS NAZARE[NVS] / REX IVDÆO[RVM]

Monogram and date bottom center:

RHL / 1631
References

RKDimages, Art-work number 46376, as Christ on the cross

The Rembrandt Database, as Christ on the cross.
Source/Photographer This file was derived from: Crucifixion by Rembrandt (1631, S.Vincent du Mas-d'Agenais).jpg
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