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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018
Christ Disputing With The Elders
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018

Christ Disputing With The Elders

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
CultureDutch
Date1654
MediumEtching on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (8 x 13 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated: "Rembrandt F. 1654" upper left of center. MMA stamp; MMA duplicate stamp; "47.100.88" between these; "#277" below duplicate stamp; initial "GC" or "CG" stamp and "Ch. von Schriftsgelehrter" (?) in pencil. "AHM" over "56" in duplicate stamp. Mat board has "Dick Fund" stamped lower right on front and "47.100.88" in pencil. On upper left edge: "Netherlands Rembrandt H-277"
Credit LineGift of Captain and Mrs. Shirley Falcke
Object number56.49.3A
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA young Christ sits and debates with elderly rabbis. He is the smallest figure and the center of attention, but is also the most simply rendered.

Exhibition History"Rembrandt and his Contemporaries," Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, April 7 - June 24, 2018.Published ReferencesVarious authors based on Adam van Bartsch's (1757-1821), _The Illustrated Bartsch_
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
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