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Christ inside a temple raises a fistful of chords to lash a crowd of merchants who rapidly exit left.

The large group of merchants grab their belongings as a barrel and table with coins on it overturns in the foreground. It’s a dramatic scene, many people are drawn diagonally leaning away towards the left. A cow in disarray runs in the middle ground, dragging a man on his back who’s trying to hold onto its lead, as a small dog barks behind Christ. In the upper right background, a gathering of temple priests and others watch the action. Light enters from the upper right, illuminating Christ’s back and the man before him. Light also emanates from Christ’s raised hand.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3235
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1635
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279637

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper, a posthumous impression retouched with gray wash
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 13.6 x 16.8 cm (5 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, l.r.: Rembrandt. f. 1635
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3235
  • inscription: verso, graphite: E.H.G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf; late 19th-c. Gray Collection inventory]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Otto.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iv (posthumous)
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 139, Bartsch 69, Hind 126, Rovinski 69

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3235
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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