Christ stands among sick people and Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1776, after Rembrandt, 1649.

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.
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1776
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23831i
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Previous title, replaced July 2023 : Christ stands among sick people and Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching after Rembrandt, 1649.

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Inset shows two cherubs in clouds around the dazzling sacred tetragrammaton

The sick proceed out of the dimness of one side of the print towards the half-light in which Christ stands. On the other side, behind two anxious apostles (Peter is closest to Christ), the Pharisees dispute in a glaring light. A woman stands in front of Christ with her baby; a rich young man next to her has his hand clasped to his face. A camel enters from the dark side, behind a cart carrying a child. K.G. Boon, in 'Rembrandt: the complete etchings' (Thames & Hudson : London, 1963), suggests that the print is known as 'The hundred guilder print' because the subject matter is too huge for a simple title; it combines "in one representation the whole nineteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew, wherein the essence of Christ's ministry is set forth"

Publication/Creation

1776

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 25.1 x 28.8 cm

Lettering

Le Seigneur guérissant les malades. Rembrandt f.

References note

Yves Sjöberg and Françoise Gardey, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle. tome 13, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1974, p. 198, Le Bas no. 322 ("322. 'Le Seigneur— guérissant les malades.' Copie inversée de la pièce dite 'aux Cent florins.' Sous le tr. c., à la pointe : 'Rembrandt f.' Imitation de la signature de Rembrandt. Même fleuron que sur les deux précédentes ["("En marge, de part et d'autre d'un fleuron, représentant trois angelots sur des nuages, adorant le symbole de la Trinité"], mais inversé. H. 0 m 260 x L. 0 m 201. … Affiches, annonces et avis divers, 10 avril 1776, p. 59. Biörklund [George Biörklund, Rembrand's etchings true and false. Seconde édition, Stockholm, Londres, New-York, 1968], p. 106. Hollstein, p. 39-40.")

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Wellcome Collection 23831i

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