Saul_and_David_by_Rembrandt_Mauritshuis_621.jpg
Summary
Rembrandt : Saul and David | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
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Title |
Saul and David
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
between 1650 and 1670
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 130 cm (51.1 in); width: 164.5 cm (64.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,130U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,164.5U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q221092
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Accession number |
621
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Place of creation | Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
by 10 May 1830
date QS:P,+1830-05-10T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1830-05-10T00:00:00Z/11
: Victor L.Ch. de Riquet (Duke of Caraman),
Paris
between 10 May 1830 and 12 May 1830
date QS:P,+1830-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1830-05-10T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1830-05-12T00:00:00Z/11
: sale of the collection of Victor de Riquet (Duke of Caraman) at Thomas Henry,
Paris
, lot no. 76, for FRF 250 (as ‘Rembrandt (van Ryn, Paul) 76. David jouant de la harpe devant Saül. Assis et vu à mi-corps, Saül cache derrière un rideau la moitié de son visage; son air sombre indique l'agitation de son esprit. Une tunique de drap d'or et un manteau de velours cramoisi composent son vêtement. Plus bas que Saül, est placé David jouant de la harpe; on ne voit que la partie supérieure de son corps. Tableau capital où l'énergie du pinceau égale la vigueur du coloris, où Rembrandt, on peut bien le dire, a une physiognomie pittoresque qui est toute à lui. T. h. 45 p. ---l. 67’)
by 1835
date QS:P,+1835-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1835-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Didot de Saint-Marc (....-1935),
Paris
1835: bequeathed to Mrs. Didot de Saint-Marc (=Mrs. Abel Vautier),
Caen
date QS:P,+1863-12-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1863-12-09T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1863-12-11T00:00:00Z/11
: purchased by Haro at the sale of the collection of Mme. Abel Vautier at Exp.: Horsin Déon . . . , C. P.: Escribe . . .,
Paris
, lot no. 31, for FFR 10,100 , for Alphonse Oudry (1819-1869),
Paris
, (as ‘Rembrandt. (Paul van Rijn) 31. David jouant de la harpe devant Saül’)
between 16 April 1869 and 17 April 1869
date QS:P,+1869-04-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1869-04-16T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1869-04-17T00:00:00Z/11
: purchased by Durand-Ruel et Cie (art dealer),
Paris
at the sale of the collection of Alphonse Oudry at Exp.: Febvre, C. P.: Escribe,
Paris
, lot no. 52, for FRF 120,000 (as ‘Rembrandt (Paul van Rijn) 52 - Le roi Saül, livré à la plus noire mélancolie, se dérobe à moitié derrière un large rideau; devant lui, le jeune David joue de la harpe afin de chasser les sombres pensées qui obsèdent l'esprit du roi. Cette œuvre magistrale est de la plus belle époque du grand peintre; il y a déployéune puissance dramatique digne de Shakspeare et une incomparable magie de couleur et de clair-obscur. Collection Didot. Toile, H. 1 m. 31 c. L. 1 m. 64 c.’)
1870: purchased by Arthur Stevens,
Paris
, from Durand-Ruel et Cie,
Paris
(?)
date QS:P,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: purchased by Durand-Ruel et Cie,
Paris
, from Arthur Stevens,
Paris
(?)
circa 1870
date QS:P,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: purchased by Alexis Joseph Febvre,
Paris
, from Durand-Ruel et Cie,
Paris
for FRF 29,000 (?)
Unknown date
Unknown date
: acquired by Saint Bourgeois (art dealer),
Cologne
/
Paris
before 1876
date QS:P,+1876-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1876-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: purchased by Albert von Oppenheim (1834-1912),
Cologne
, from Saint Bourgeois,
Cologne
for [FRF] 40-50,000
Unknown date
Unknown date
: purchased by Saint Bourgeois (art dealer),
Cologne
/
Paris
, from Albert von Oppenheim,
Cologne
by 1890
date QS:P,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: M. Philippe George, Ay, Marne
1891: purchased by Durand-Ruel (art dealer),
Paris
, from M. Philippe George, Ay, Marne
1898: purchased by Dr. Abraham Bredius (1855-1946),
The Hague
, from Durand-Ruel,
Paris
1898: lent to the
Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis
,
The Hague
by Dr. Abraham Bredius,
The Hague
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Exhibition history |
Kunsthistorische Ausstellung zu Cöln. VII. Original-Gemälde der kölner und niederländische Malerschule bis zum Schluss des 17. Jahrhunderts
,
Cologne
, 1876, cat.
no.
61.
Paintings, Sculptures and Other Objects Exhibited During the World's Congresses
, 1893, The Arts Institute of Chicago,
Chicago
, Cat.no. 27.
Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina
, Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam
, 8 September 1898–November 1898, cat.
no.
118.
Rembrandt van Rijn
, 1936,
Moscow
,
Saint Petersburg
, Cat.no. 304.
Bredius, Rembrandt en het Mauritshuis!!! Een eigenzinnige directeur verzamelt
, 1991, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis,
The Hague
, cat.
no.
11.
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References |
Anonymous
Unknown author
,
Mauritshuis online catalogue
, as Rembrandt,
Saul and David
, circa 1651-1654 and circa 1655-1658, height: 130 cm (51.1 in); width: 164.5 cm (64.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,130U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,164.5U174728
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Anonymous Unknown author , RKDimages, Art-work number 2912 , as Workshop of Rembrandt or Rembrandt, Saul and David , circa 1655
date QS:P,+1655-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
and circa 1660-1665 (1650-1665), height: 130 cm (51.1 in); width: 164.5 cm (64.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,130U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,164.5U174728
Anonymous Unknown author , Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20186202 , as Rembrandt, David vor Saul , circa 1658
date QS:P,+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, height: 130.5 cm (51.3 in); width: 164 cm (64.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,130.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,164U174728
Anonymous Unknown author , Web Gallery of Art , as Rembrandt, Saul and David , 1655-1660, height: 131 cm (51.5 in); width: 164 cm (64.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,131U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,164U174728
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Anonymous Unknown author ([circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
])
Mauritshuis. The Hague. Holland
, 's-Gravenhage: De Groot & Dijkhoff, [p. 33], as
Saul and David
, with image in black and white.
Emilie E.S. Gordenker and Petria Noble: Rembrandt's "Saul and David" at the Mauritshuis, JHNA 2013 |
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