id: 136304 accession number: 1960.187 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.187 updated: 2023-04-22 12:24:28.402000 Christ Taken Before Caiaphas, c. 1641–1642. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with white gouache; sheet: 18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.); secondary support: 18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1960.187 title: Christ Taken Before Caiaphas title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1641–1642 creation date earliest: 1641 creation date latest: 1642 current location: creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Netherlands, 17th century technique: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with white gouache department: Drawings collection: DR - Dutch type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: beige(1) laid paper laid down on cream(3) laid paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: VERSO, through transmitted light, upper right, in ink(?): [illegible] / [6601?] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper left, in graphite: HJH [first two letters crossed out] ; upper center, in graphite: Rembrandt translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty opening date: 1960-11-30T05:00:00 Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961). title: Drawings opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00 Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). title: Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands opening date: 1965-01-01T05:00:00 Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965). title: Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection opening date: 1965-05-06T04:00:00 Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965). title: Bicentenary Exhibition opening date: 1967-01-02T05:00:00 Bicentenary Exhibition. Christie's, London, London (organizer) (January 2-27, 1967). title: Drawings opening date: 1968-06-11T04:00:00 Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-October 21, 1968). title: Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century opening date: 1973-07-10T04:00:00 Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973). title: Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics opening date: 1982-04-27T04:00:00 Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-August 1, 1982). title: National Schools of Style opening date: 1983-06-14T04:00:00 National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983). title: Netherlandish Drawings from the Permanent Collection opening date: 1989-10-10T04:00:00 Netherlandish Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10-December 31, 1989). title: Rembrandt Paintings in America opening date: 2011-10-30T00:00:00 Rembrandt Paintings in America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 19-May 28, 2012). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Rev. Carwardine date: footnotes: citations: Col. O. Probert date: footnotes: citations: L. Ruzicka, Zurich date: footnotes: citations: Rev. Thomas Carwardine, Earl's Colne Priory, Essex (not in Lugt; according to Probert sale catalogue). Colonel Oliver Probert (not in Lugt); [sold: Christie's, London, 16 May 1952, p. 9, lot 43, 800 guineas, repr.]. Leopold Ruzicka, Zurich (not in Lugt; according to departmental cataloguing sheet and card). [Mrs. Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The first drawing purchased by the museum as a Rembrandt is now considered by experts to have been made by a follower of the Dutch artist. The scene depicts Christ being led to his first interrogation after his capture in Gethsemane (John 18:12–14), an unusual subject that may be paraphrasing the traditional portrayal of Christ carrying the cross. Here, the exhausted figure of Christ, contrasted with the brutal features and cruel gestures of the soldiers, produces an image that resonates with emotion. However, stylistic details, particularly the use of wash that creates a vague space and the lack of clarity and directness in Christ's face, suggest that this drawing was executed by a student or follower working in Rembrandt's style. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 123 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n147 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 123 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n147 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 158 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n178 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.187/1960.187_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.187/1960.187_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.187/1960.187_full.tif