Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
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| Artist |
Rembrandt (1606–1669)    |
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| Alternative names |
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn |
| Description |
Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer |
| Date of birth/death |
15 July 1606  |
4 October 1669 |
| Location of birth/death |
Leiden |
Amsterdam |
| Work period |
between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
| Work location |
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| Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5598 |
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| Title |
Jeremiah lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem |
| Object type |
painting |
| Genre |
religious art |
| Depicted people |
Jeremiah |
| Date |
1630 date QS:P571,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
| Medium |
oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 |
| Dimensions |
height: 58 cm (22.8 in); width: 46 cm (18.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,58U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,46U174728 |
| Collection |
| Rijksmuseum
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| Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
| Location |
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| Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E   |
| Established |
1800 |
| Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
| Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
| Accession number |
SK-A-3276 |
| Object history |
by 1761 date QS:P,+1761-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1761-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Jacob Alewijn (1714-1761), Amsterdam (?)
1761: inherited by Margaretha Helena Graafland (1720-1766), Amsterdam
10 June 1767: purchased by Fouquet at an anonymous sale at J. Posthumus and H. de Winter, Amsterdam (auction house), lot no. 13, for NLG 100 (as ‘Een extra fraai Stuk, waarin Loth verbeeld is, zittende in een Rots, en rustende met zyn linkerhand onder ‘t hoofd, en met de Elleboog op een Boek ; voor hem staat een zilvere Schaal met eenige Kleinodiën, en in ‘t Verschiet ziet men de brandende Stad Sodom. Zeer krachtig en fraai van Coloriet, en uitvoerig op Paneel geschilderd. Hoog 23, breed 17 ½ duim’) (?)
by 1768date QS:P,+1768-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1768-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Carl Philip César (1725-1795), Unter den Linden 34, Berlin
1 July 1778: purchased by Alexander Alexandrovich Golovkin (1732-1781), Paris, from Alexander Sergeievich Stroganoff (1733-1811)
by 1793date QS:P,+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Alexander Sergeievich Stroganoff (1733-1811), Nevsky Prospekt 17, Saint Petersburg (as ‘Le philosophe en méditation. Un vieillard vénérable, de la figure la plus noble, retiré au fond d’une grotte, assis sur un beau tapis, le coude appuyé sur un livre qui a pour titre “La Bible”, a l’air de réfléchir profondément sur les vanités de ce monde figurées par une quantité de vases d’or et d’argent, jetés négligemment devant lui. Hors de la grotte, on voit dans le lointain une ville en feu, des soldats qui montent à l’assaut, de malheureux habitants fuyant. [...] Il a été peint en 1630, date qui est au bas; Schmidt l’a gravé dans sa manière. Il est sur bois, d’un pied neuf pouces sept lignes de haut, sur un pied cinq pouces trois lignes de large’)
Unknown date: inherited by Natalia Pavlovna (1796-1872) and Sergei Grigorievich Strogranoff (1794-1882), Saint Petersburg
Unknown date: inherited by Sergei Alexandrovich Stroganoff (1852-1923), Saint Petersburg/Paris
1922: purchased by Herman Rasch, Stockholm, from Sergei Alexandrovich Stroganoff, Paris for FRF 300,000
January 1939: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, from Herman Rasch, Stockholm for NLG 150,000
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| Exhibition history |
Rembrandt tentoonstelling ter plechtige herdenking van het 300-jarig bestaan der Universiteit van Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 11 June 1932–4 September 1932, cat. no. 3.
La peinture Hollandaise de Jérôme Bosch à Rembrandt/Hollandse schilderkunst van Jeroen Bosch tot Rembrandt, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussel, City of Brussels, 2 March 1946–28 April 1946, cat. no. 79.
Rembrandt Tentoonstelling. Ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 18 May 1956–5 August 1956, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 8 August 1956–21 October 1956, OCLC 15659340, cat. no. 8.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 September 1969–30 November 1969, cat. no. 1.
Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, National Gallery, London, 26 March 1992–24 May 1992, Cat.no. 8.
Rembrandt. A genius and his impact, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1 October 1997–7 December 1997, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 17 December 1997–15 February 1998, cat. no. 5.
Rembrandt creates Rembrandt. Art and ambition in Leiden, 1629-1631, 21 September 2000–7 January 2001, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Cat.no. 14.
The Bible, Mythology and Ancient History. Rembrandt and the Rembrandt School, 13 September 2003–14 December 2003, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, cat. no. 8.
Rembrandt, Pintor de historias, 15 October 2008–6 January 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 6.
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| Credit line |
Purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with support of private benefactors, the Vereniging Rembrandt, the State of the Netherlands and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum |
| Inscriptions |
Monogram and date bottom right:
RHL 1630
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| References |
AnonymousUnknown author, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Jeremia treurend over de verwoesting van Jeruzalem.
AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 2913, as Jeremiah lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem
AnonymousUnknown author, Vereniging Rembrandt, as Jeremia treurend over de verwoesting van Jeruzalem.
AnonymousUnknown author, Web Gallery of Art, as Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem.
Domenicus-van Soest, Marleen (2003) Les Chefs-d'oeuvre. Guide [mus.cat.], [Amsterdam]: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, p. 94, as Jérémie pleurant sur la destruction de Jérusalem |
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