Rembrandt: Abraham's Sacrifice
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Artist |
Rembrandt
(1606–1669) |
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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 |
4 October 1669 |
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 |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5598 |
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Title |
Dutch: Het offer van Isaac title QS:P1476,nl:"Het offer van Isaac"
label QS:Lnl,"Het offer van Isaac"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Sacrifice d'Isaac"
label QS:Lru,"Жертвоприношение Авраама"
label QS:Lde,"Die Opferung Isaaks"
label QS:Len,"Sacrifice of Isaac" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
religious art |
Description |
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Depicted people |
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Date |
1635 date QS:P571,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 193 cm (75.9 in); width: 132 cm (51.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,193U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,132U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q132783 |
Current location |
The New Hermitage, room 254 |
Accession number |
ГЭ-727 |
Place of creation |
Netherlands |
Object history |
by 1736 date QS:P,+1736-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1736-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), London/Houghton Hall, Norfolk
by 1779date QS:P,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (1730-1791), Houghton Hall, Norfolk
1779: purchased by Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796), Saint Petersburg, from George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, Houghton Hall, Norfolk for GBP 300
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Exhibition history |
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 September 1969–30 November 1969, cat. no. 4a.
Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, National Gallery, London, 26 March 1992–24 May 1992, Cat.no. 21.
Rembrandt et son école ; Collections du musée de l’Hermitage de Saint-Petersbourg, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon, 24 November 2003–8 March 2004, Cat.no. 2.
Rembrandt's Abraham's Sacrifice. Two Versions of the Same Composition, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, 13 July 2004–13 October 2004.
Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24 February 2006–18 June 2006, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 22.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom left:
Rembrandt. f. 1635.
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References |
RKDimages, Art-work number 40898, as Het offer van Abraham (Genesis 22:10-12), height: 193.5 cm (76.1 in); width: 132.8 cm (52.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,193.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,132.8U174728
Web Gallery of Art, as Sacrifice of Isaac, height: 193 cm (75.9 in); width: 132 cm (51.9 in)dimensions QS:P2048,193U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,132U174728 .
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Source/Photographer |
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg |