Peter and John at the Gate of the Temple
- Date
- 1659
- Material
- Etching and drypoint
- made in
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- plate: 7 1/16 x 8 1/2 in. (17.9 x 21.6 cm)
sheet: 7 3/16 x 8 11/16 in. (18.3 x 22 cm) - Credit Line
- Director's Discretionary Fund and the Julian and Hope Edison Print Fund
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 34:2005
NOTES
This etching, based on a passage from the biblical New Testament, portrays a scene of miraculous healing. On their way to the temple, Peter and John, followers of Jesus, encounter a man unable to walk since birth asking for money. Peter says, "I have no silver and gold, but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” In the print, Rembrandt van Rijn showed Peter raising his hands to bless the man. The biblical passage goes on to describe how the man then stands and walks. Billows of smoke roll out of the great basin behind Peter, amplifying the miraculous force of his gesture.
Provenance
c.1670 -
Pierre Mariette (1634–1716), Paris, France [1]
- 1836
Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (1778–1864), Paris, France [2]
1836/04/12
In auction of Robert-Dumesnil collection, Phillips, London, England, April 12, 1836, lot no. 108 [3]
1836/04/12 - 1847
probably Jean Gisbert Baron Verstolk de Soelen (1776-1845), Soelen (present-day Tiel), The Netherlands, purchased at sale of Robert-Dumesnil collection [4]
1847/10/25 -
probably Albertus Brondgeest (1786–1849), The Hague or Amsterdam, The Netherlands, purchased (or bought in) from Verstolk de Soelen sale, De Vries Brondgeest Roos, Amsterdam, October 25, 1847, lot no. 265 [5]
- 1870
Prince Grégoire Soutzo, Paris, France [6]
1870/03/17-18 -
Danlos, Paris, purchased (or bought in) from sale of Soutzo collection, Danlos fils et Delisle, Paris, March 17-18, 1870, lot no. 310 [7]
by 1986 -
Private Collection, United Kingdom (possibly British Rail Pension Funds collection) [8]
- 1987
British Rail Pension Funds collection
1987/06/29 - 2005
Gertrude Weber, Charlottesville, VA, USA, purchased at The British Rail Pension Funds sale, Sotheby's, London, June, 29, 1987, lot no. 71 [9]
2005/6/1 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Gertrude Weber [10]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the auction catalogue "The British Rail Pension Funds: The Collection of Master Prints" at Sotheby's, London, June 29, 1987, lot no. 71. Supporting documents are noted below:
[1] Pierre Mariette's signature with the date "1670" appears on the verso of the print. Mariette was a leading Parisian print dealer and collector, the head of a family firm, who signed and dated his prints at the time he acquired them. This provenance is further confirmed by the catalogue of the Robert-Dumesnil sale. See note [3].
[2] Robert-Dumesnil's collector's mark appears on the recto of the print (Lugt 2200). See the auction catalogue, "A Catalogue of an Important and Valuable Collection of Etchings by Rembrandt, collected with Great Judgement by Mons. A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil", Phillips, London, England, April 12, 1836, lot no. 108.
[3] See note [2]. Buyer unknown.
[4] Baron Verstolk de Soelen purchased many Dumesnil prints, and rarely marked works in his collection. An impression of this print that once belonged to Dumesnil appeared in his 1847 sale: see "Catalogue de la seconde partie du cabinet de gravures. laissée par feu son excellence Monsieur Jean Gisbert Baron Verstolk de Soelen", De Vries Brondgeest Roos auction house, October 25, 1847, lot no. 265.
[5] See the catalogue of the Verstolk de Soelen sale. See note [4]. The annotation "Brondgeest" appears in the margin as the buyer of lot no. 265.
[6] Soutzo's collector's mark [Lugt 2341] appears on the verso of the print.
[7] See the auction catalogue "Catalogue d'estampes anciennes formant la collection de fue M. le Prince Grégoire Soutzo", Danlos fils et Delisle (Paris), March 17-18, 1870, lot no. 310. The name "Danlos" has been added as the buyer of the lot [SLAM document files].
[8] Based upon the exhibition catalogue "Rembrandt and the Bible", Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, 1986, cat. no. 88. In the catalogue the owner of the print is listed as "Private collection, U.K.".
[9] In a May 9, 2005 telephone conversation between Valerie Rudy-Valli, curatorial assistant at the Saint Louis Art Museum, and Gertrude Weber, Ms. Weber stated that she had purchased the print at the sale, "The British Rail Pension Funds: The Collection of Master Prints" at Sotheby's, London, June 29, 1987, lot no. 71. This provenance is repeated in the exhibition catalogue "Masterpieces of Renaissance and Baroque Printmaking: A Decade of Collecting, Selected from the Collections of the Bayly Art Museum and Gertrude Weber," Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1991, cat. no. 66, pp. 158-59.
[10] Invoice from Gertrude Weber dated June 1, 2005 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 30, 2005.
Pierre Mariette (1634–1716), Paris, France [1]
- 1836
Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (1778–1864), Paris, France [2]
1836/04/12
In auction of Robert-Dumesnil collection, Phillips, London, England, April 12, 1836, lot no. 108 [3]
1836/04/12 - 1847
probably Jean Gisbert Baron Verstolk de Soelen (1776-1845), Soelen (present-day Tiel), The Netherlands, purchased at sale of Robert-Dumesnil collection [4]
1847/10/25 -
probably Albertus Brondgeest (1786–1849), The Hague or Amsterdam, The Netherlands, purchased (or bought in) from Verstolk de Soelen sale, De Vries Brondgeest Roos, Amsterdam, October 25, 1847, lot no. 265 [5]
- 1870
Prince Grégoire Soutzo, Paris, France [6]
1870/03/17-18 -
Danlos, Paris, purchased (or bought in) from sale of Soutzo collection, Danlos fils et Delisle, Paris, March 17-18, 1870, lot no. 310 [7]
by 1986 -
Private Collection, United Kingdom (possibly British Rail Pension Funds collection) [8]
- 1987
British Rail Pension Funds collection
1987/06/29 - 2005
Gertrude Weber, Charlottesville, VA, USA, purchased at The British Rail Pension Funds sale, Sotheby's, London, June, 29, 1987, lot no. 71 [9]
2005/6/1 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Gertrude Weber [10]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the auction catalogue "The British Rail Pension Funds: The Collection of Master Prints" at Sotheby's, London, June 29, 1987, lot no. 71. Supporting documents are noted below:
[1] Pierre Mariette's signature with the date "1670" appears on the verso of the print. Mariette was a leading Parisian print dealer and collector, the head of a family firm, who signed and dated his prints at the time he acquired them. This provenance is further confirmed by the catalogue of the Robert-Dumesnil sale. See note [3].
[2] Robert-Dumesnil's collector's mark appears on the recto of the print (Lugt 2200). See the auction catalogue, "A Catalogue of an Important and Valuable Collection of Etchings by Rembrandt, collected with Great Judgement by Mons. A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil", Phillips, London, England, April 12, 1836, lot no. 108.
[3] See note [2]. Buyer unknown.
[4] Baron Verstolk de Soelen purchased many Dumesnil prints, and rarely marked works in his collection. An impression of this print that once belonged to Dumesnil appeared in his 1847 sale: see "Catalogue de la seconde partie du cabinet de gravures. laissée par feu son excellence Monsieur Jean Gisbert Baron Verstolk de Soelen", De Vries Brondgeest Roos auction house, October 25, 1847, lot no. 265.
[5] See the catalogue of the Verstolk de Soelen sale. See note [4]. The annotation "Brondgeest" appears in the margin as the buyer of lot no. 265.
[6] Soutzo's collector's mark [Lugt 2341] appears on the verso of the print.
[7] See the auction catalogue "Catalogue d'estampes anciennes formant la collection de fue M. le Prince Grégoire Soutzo", Danlos fils et Delisle (Paris), March 17-18, 1870, lot no. 310. The name "Danlos" has been added as the buyer of the lot [SLAM document files].
[8] Based upon the exhibition catalogue "Rembrandt and the Bible", Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, 1986, cat. no. 88. In the catalogue the owner of the print is listed as "Private collection, U.K.".
[9] In a May 9, 2005 telephone conversation between Valerie Rudy-Valli, curatorial assistant at the Saint Louis Art Museum, and Gertrude Weber, Ms. Weber stated that she had purchased the print at the sale, "The British Rail Pension Funds: The Collection of Master Prints" at Sotheby's, London, June 29, 1987, lot no. 71. This provenance is repeated in the exhibition catalogue "Masterpieces of Renaissance and Baroque Printmaking: A Decade of Collecting, Selected from the Collections of the Bayly Art Museum and Gertrude Weber," Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1991, cat. no. 66, pp. 158-59.
[10] Invoice from Gertrude Weber dated June 1, 2005 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 30, 2005.
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