Head of Christ

Gallery 362, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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Head of Christ

c. 1648-1656

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)

This face of Christ relates very closely to depictions found in two prints by Rembrandt that portray Christ preaching to an attentive audience. A 1656 inventory lists a picture hanging in Rembrandt's studio as "a head of Christ, done from life," perhaps evidence that Rembrandt used his neighbors in the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam as models. This painting is likely the one that was kept by Rembrandt's family.

Gallery 362, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Head of Christ

Date:

c. 1648-1656

Artist:

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)

Medium:

Oil on oak panel, laid into larger oak panel

Dimensions:

14 1/8 × 12 5/16 inches (35.8 × 31.2 cm) Framed: 28 1/4 inches × 23 inches × 2 inches (71.8 × 58.4 × 5.1 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Cat. 480

Geography:

Made in Netherlands, Europe

Provenance

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Gallery 362, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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