Head of Christ (Rembrandt)

This article is about the painting by Rembrandt. For the painting of the same name by Sallman, see Head of Christ.

The Head of Christ is a 1648 painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, based on a Jewish model and thus marking a turning-point in the artist's work. It is now in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.

Philadelphia panel

Philadelphia panel

There are multiple versions of Rembrandt's Head of Christ which compose an international collection of paintings in the possession of a number of different cultural institutions and individuals. In 2004, dendrochronological analysis determined that the source of the oak panel—both the original from the seventeenth century—and the main one came from the Baltic/Polish regions. The analysis yielded a probable creation date of 1628 or later.[1]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ DeWitt, Lloyd; Slive, Seymour (2011). Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-300-16957-7.
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