File: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 048.jpg
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Summary
Rembrandt: Head of Christ
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| Title |
Head of Christ |
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| Part of |
Head of Christ  |
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| Series title |
Head of Christ |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
religious art |
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| Depicted people |
Jesus |
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| Date | circa 1648 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on oak wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 25 cm (9.8 in); width: 21.7 cm (8.5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Accession number |
811C |
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| Object history |
by 1878: John Henderson (1797-1878), London
from 16 February 1882 until 18 February 1882: sale of the collection of John Henderson at Christie's, London, lot no. 382 (as ‘Rembrandt. 382 Head of a Man with Long Hair, in a brown robe’) by 1893: Charles Sedelmeyer (art dealer), Paris by 1905: Rodolphe Kann (1845-1905), Paris from 1905 until 1907: the estate of Rodolphe Kann 1907: purchased by Duveen Brothers, London/Paris/New York City 1907: acquired by Martin Bromberg, Hamburg 1907: given to the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bromberg, Hamburg 15 April 1945 (?): confiscated by the Americans 17 April 1945: transferred to the Reichsbank, Frankfurt 1949: ownership transferred to the state of Hessen by the Americans 11 January 1956: ownership transferred to the city of Berlin Unknown date: transferred to the Gemäldegalerie Dahlem, Dahlem 12 December 1959: stolen 22 October 1961: recovered from Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof, Brunswick from 1998: Gemäldegalerie, Kulturforum, Berlin |
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| Exhibition history |
Rembrandt und seine Zeit. Zweihundert Gemälde der Blütezeit der holländischen Barockmalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts aus deutschem, holländischem und schweizerischem Museums- und Privatbesitz, Muzeum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, 10 April 1949–2 October 1949, cat. no. 137. Meisterwerke aus den Berliner Museen und Schlössern. Gemälde alter Meister, Gemälde des 19. Jahrhunderts, Museum Dahlem, Berlin, 9 May 1953–November 1953, cat. no. 50. Rembrandt. Gedächtnis-Ausstellung. 1606-1669. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, Museum Dahlem, Berlin, 27 May 1956–15 July 1956, cat. no. 19. Rembrandt. Zoektocht van een genie, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, 1 April 2006–2 July 2006, ISBN 90-400-9165-X, cat. no. 64. Rembrandt - Genie auf der Suche, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, 4 August 2006–5 November 2006, cat. no. 57. Rembrandt et la nouvelle Jérusalem. Juifs et chrétiens à Amsterdam au siècle d'or, Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme, Paris, 28 March 2007–1 July 2007, ISBN 9782755702439, cat. no. 107. Rembrandt, Pintor de historias, 15 October 2008–6 January 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 29. |
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| References |
RKDimages, Art-work number 202397, as Rembrandt, Head of Christ, circa 1648 (1645-1655), height: 25 cm (9.8 in); width: 21.7 cm (8.5 in)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 02552505, as School of Rembrandt, Christuskopf, height: 25 cm (9.8 in); width: 21.7 cm (8.5 in) Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 00020137, as School of Rembrandt, Christuskopf, height: 25 cm (9.8 in); width: 21.7 cm (8.5 in) Web Gallery of Art, as Rembrandt, Young Jew as Christ, circa 1656, height: 25 cm (9.8 in); width: 21.5 cm (8.4 in). |
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| Source/Photographer | Unknown source | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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