Studio of Rembrandt

Head of Christ



Studio of Rembrandt - Head of Christ


Probably a copy after a lost painting by Rembrandt




Studio of Rembrandt
Head of Christ
c. 1650
42.5 x 34.3 cm with added strips 47.3 x 37.1 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 160
Bredius 626 (as Rembrandt)
Bauch 196 info
Gerson 258
Bredius/Gerson 626 info
Tümpel A20 (circle of Rembrandt)
Giltaij 671 (follower of Rembrandt)

Collection catalogues
Walter Liedtke, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New Haven, 2007, nr. 172 info



Provenance

Jan Wandelaar, Amsterdam, until died 1759
his estate sale, 4 September 1759, nr. 13, to Enschedé
Johannes Enschedé, Haarlem, from 1759
with Sedelmeyer, Paris
Maurice Kann, Paris, by 1883–died 1906
his nephew, Edouard Kann, Paris, 1906–10, sold to Kleinberger
with Kleinberger, Paris and New York, 1910–12, sold to Fletcher
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher, New York, 1912–his d. 1917

External links

RKD 233255
Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 17.120.222

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