File:The Apostle Paul - Rembrandt.jpg
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Summary
Rembrandt: The Apostle Paul
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q5598,P5102,Q230768 |
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Title |
The Apostle Paul |
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Object type |
painting ![]() |
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Genre |
portrait ![]() |
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Depicted people |
Paul the Apostle ![]() |
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Date |
circa 1657 date QS:P571,+1657-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 131.5 cm (51.7 in); width: 104.4 cm (41.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,131.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,104.4U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q214867 |
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Current location |
West Stair Lobby |
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Accession number |
1942.9.59 |
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Object history |
by 1735 date QS:P,+1735-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1735-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Johan van Schuylenburg (....-1735), The Hague20 September 1735: sale of the collection of Johan van Schuylenburg at an unknown auction house, The Hague, lot no. 31, for NLG 150 (as ‘Een overheerlyk kragtig en schoon Stuk, door Rynbrand van Ryn, verbeeldende den Apostel Paulus, niet minder als van Titiaan, h. 4, v. 2 d. br. 3 v. 4 en een halve d.) date QS:P,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Pierre-Louis Eveillard (1736-1790), Angers1791: sale of the collection of Pierre-Louis Eveillard at Sentout, Angers, lot no. 65 date QS:P,+1813-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1813-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Ferdinando Marescalchi (1754-1816), Bologna (as ‘Una mezza figura in grande rappresentante una Persona in meditazione o studiosa, di grande maniera, comprata alla vendita di Monsieur Gamba negozio di Parigi, come dal suo Catalogo. Quadro grande in piedi’)by 1841 date QS:P,+1841-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1841-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Sir George Hayter (1792-1871), London3 May 1845: sale of the collection of Sir George Hayter at Christie & Manson, London, lot no. 82 (as ‘Portrait of Cornelius Von Schrevellier’) date QS:P,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : James-Alexandre, comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier (1776-1855), Paris31 March 1865: sale of the collection of James-Alexandre, comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier at an unknown auction house, Paris, lot no. 182 date QS:P,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Peter Arrell Brown Widener (1834-1915), Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, PennsylvaniaUnknown date: inherited by Joseph E. Widener (1871-1943), Elkins Park, Pennsylvania |
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Exhibition history |
British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, London, 1841, cat. no. 71, as Portrait of Cornelius Pietersz Hooft. |
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Inscriptions |
Signature bottom right: Rembrandt f
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References |
National Gallery of Art online catalogue, as Rembrandt van Rijn (and Workshop?), The Apostle Paul, circa 1657 date QS:P,+1657-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 .
RKDimages, Art-work number 59127, as Attributed to Rembrandt/Circle of Rembrandt, De apostel Paulus zittend aan een schrijftafel, late 1650sdate QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 /early 1660sdate QS:P,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 (1657-1661) |
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