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Christ healing the sick: 'The hundred guilder print'

Print
ca. 1649 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

The 'Hundred Guilder Print', generally accounted one of the greatest achievements of European printmaking, has been a prize sought by all Rembrandt collectors. C.A. Ionides purchased this choice impression on Japanese paper from his trusted dealer, Thibaudau. Its very high price of £300, comparable with that paid by Ionides for many of his oil paintings, reflects the high status of Rembrandt's major prints at this time.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
print
TitleChrist healing the sick: 'The hundred guilder print' (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching, burin and drypoint
Japanese Paper
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
Etching, burin and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Christ healing the sick: The Hundred Guilder print', second state. Amsterdam, ca. 1649.
Physical description
Etching, burin and drypoint depicting a man standing on a rocky landscape, just left of centre, arms outspread, with halo. There is a figure wearing a turban, holding a child in front of him. A crowd of people, with many that are sick are gathered around him.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Width: 38.4cm
Style
Dutch School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides, 1900
Purchased by Ionides from Thibaudau for £300, before 1881
Production
Completed ca. 1649
Subjects depicted
Jesus Christ
Christ Healing the Sick
Summary
The 'Hundred Guilder Print', generally accounted one of the greatest achievements of European printmaking, has been a prize sought by all Rembrandt collectors. C.A. Ionides purchased this choice impression on Japanese paper from his trusted dealer, Thibaudau. Its very high price of £300, comparable with that paid by Ionides for many of his oil paintings, reflects the high status of Rembrandt's major prints at this time.
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797), B.74.
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated, (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.638

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
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