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Christ disputing with the Doctors in the temple

Print
1654 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching depicting a young boy seated in the middle of a group of men. The boy is talking while the men are listening attentively.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
print
TitleChrist disputing with the Doctors in the temple (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Christ disputing with the Doctors in the temple', a later impression. Amsterdam, 1654.
Physical description
Etching depicting a young boy seated in the middle of a group of men. The boy is talking while the men are listening attentively.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Width: 14.4cm
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
  • Rembrandt.f.1654.

    Note
    Signed and dated

  • Dalton Bequest, 1900.

    Note
    Stamped on the back of print.

Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Emily Frances Dalton
Object history
Dalton Bequest, 1900.
Subjects depicted
The Doctors of the Church
Temple
Jesus Christ
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.64.
  • 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
E.1167-1900

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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