Christ Healing a Leper

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650 - c. 1655

Christ healed a leper by simply touching him. Rembrandt initially showed Christ taking hold of the afflicted man’s hand. He changed his mind and covered both hands with opaque lead white, which has oxidized over time. Ultimately, he placed Christ’s hand meaningfully on the head of the leper. At the right two disciples look on quietly in wonder.

Artwork typedrawing
Object numberRP-T-1930-24
Dimensionsheight 147 mm x width 177 mm
Physical characteristicspen and brown ink, with opaque white; contours indented for transfer; framing line in brown ink

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Identification

Title(s)
Christ Healing a Leper
Object type
Object number
RP-T-1930-24
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
- Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colour Drawings and Original Etchings of the Art of the Netherlands, Amsterdam (Galeries Winnipeg Industrial Bureau), 1913, cat.nr. 27.
- Cat.tent. Teekeningen van oude Hollandsche meesters uit de verzameling van Dr. C. Hofstede de Groot, Den haag (Haagsche Kunstkring) 1902/1903, cat.nr. 71.
- Otto Benesch, Rembrandt's Vermächtnis, Wenen 1925, p. 128.
- Otto Hirschmann, 'Die Handzeichnungen-Sammlung Dr. Hofstede de Groot im Haag 2', Der Cicerone 9 (1917) nr. 1/2, p. 19.
- Schatborn 43
- Marianne Bernhard, Rembrandt, München 1976, p. 544.
- Peter Schatborn, 'Van Rembrandt tot Crozat. Vroege verzamelingen met tekeningen van Rembrandt', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 32 (1981), p. 14.
- Cat.tent. Dutch Exhibition, Londen (Whitechapel Art Gallery), 1904, cat.nr. 121.

Creation

Creation
draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn, Amsterdam
Dating
c. 1650 - c. 1655
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Material and technique

Physical description
pen and brown ink, with opaque white; contours indented for transfer; framing line in brown ink
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 147 mm x width 177 mm

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Subject

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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Gift of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague
Acquisition
gift 1906
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
...; collection Graaf Jan Pieter van Suchtelen (1751-1836), St Petersburg (L. 2332); ...; collection Remigius Adrianus Haanen [van Haanen] (1812-94), Vienna;{Note RMA.} ? his student Hermine Lang-Laris (1842-1913), Munich; from whom purchased, with nine other drawings, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1900;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum, 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum (L. 2228), 1930

Documentation

- Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colour Drawings and Original Etchings of the Art of the Netherlands, Amsterdam (Galeries Winnipeg Industrial Bureau), 1913, cat.nr. 27.
- Cat.tent. Teekeningen van oude Hollandsche meesters uit de verzameling van Dr. C. Hofstede de Groot, Den haag (Haagsche Kunstkring) 1902/1903, cat.nr. 71.
- Otto Benesch, Rembrandt's Vermächtnis, Wenen 1925, p. 128.
- Otto Hirschmann, 'Die Handzeichnungen-Sammlung Dr. Hofstede de Groot im Haag 2', Der Cicerone 9 (1917) nr. 1/2, p. 19.
- Schatborn 43
- Marianne Bernhard, Rembrandt, München 1976, p. 544.
- Peter Schatborn, 'Van Rembrandt tot Crozat. Vroege verzamelingen met tekeningen van Rembrandt', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 32 (1981), p. 14.
- Cat.tent. Dutch Exhibition, Londen (Whitechapel Art Gallery), 1904, cat.nr. 121.

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