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Christ with the Sick around Him, Receiving Little Children (The 'Hundred Guilder Print')
| Date | ca. 1649 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | etching, drypoint and engraving on japanese paper |
| Size（cm） | 28.0 x 38.6 |
| State | Second state |
| Standard ref. | Bartsch 74; Hind 236 II (ii/?); Münz 217; Hollstein 74 II; White-Boon (Hollstein) 74 II |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.1981-0001 |
Rembrandt did more than 300 copper engravings during his lifetime, among which "Christ Healing the Sick" is a particularly fine example. The main theme is taken from the story of Christ visiting a Jewish quarter and curing the sick. Also combined are the several other stories from the New Testament. The light is captured dramatically with a combination of etching, dry point, and engraving and produces a tender and profound pictorial space. The Japanese paper, which Rembrandt employed favourably, also enhances such features. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Purchased by the NMWA, 1981.
Exhibition History
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 69
- 2003
- Rembrandt and the Rembrandt School: The Bible, Mythology and Ancient History, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 13 September 2003 - 14 December 2003, cat. no. 37
- 2011
- Rembrandt: The Quest for Chiaroscuro, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 12 March 2011 - 12 June 2011, cat. no. 49, repr., Nagoya City Art Museum, 25 June 2011 - 4 September 2011
- 2021
- National Touring Exhibition of Western Art from the NMWA: When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata / Western Art in Takaoka, Yamagata Museum of Art, 17 July 2021 - 27 August 2021, Takaoka Art Museum, 10 September-24 October 2021, cat. no. Y2_39 | T2_42
Bibliography
- 1969
- The Late Etchings of Rembrandt: A Study in the Development of A Print (exh. cat.). British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, 20 March - 11 May 1969. London, Arts Council, 1969, pp. 9f.
- 1969
- Rembrandt: Experimental Etcher (exh. cat.). Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, p. 180.
- 1969
- Les plus belles eaux-fortes de Rembrandt (exh. cat.). Musée du Louvre, Paris, 29 October 1969 - 5 January 1970, Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1969, pp. 51f.
- 1983
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 16 (1981), 1983, Mayekawa, Seiro. On the New Acquisitions 1981. pp. 9-12, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions. pp. 19-22, repr.
- 1989
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), cat. no. 118
- 2011
- Rembrandt: The Quest for Chiaroscuro(exh. cat.). Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, c2011, cat. no. 49, repr.
- 2021
- When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata/Western Art in Takaoka (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2021, pp. 81, 179, cat. no. Y2_39 | T2_42, col. repr.