The Raising of Lazarus
- Date
- 1642
- Material
- Etching and drypoint
- made in
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- plate: 5 3/4 x 4 7/16 in. (14.6 x 11.3 cm)
sheet (trimmed into platemark): 5 3/4 x 4 7/16 in. (14.6 x 11.3 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McRoberts
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 432:1979
NOTES
This print depicts the Biblical story of Jesus miraculously raising Lazarus from the dead. Rembrandt van Rijn chose to locate the scene of the miracle within a rocky cave. Christ, standing at the left of the print, gestures toward Lazarus who sits up in his tomb at lower right, looking amazed. A group of onlookers clusters around Christ, including Mary and Martha, Lazarus's sisters, who lean toward the tomb with expressions of surprise on their faces. The discarded stone slab that covered the tomb lies below Christ. In the background of the scene Rembrandt included a distant city, sketchily drawn, visible through the arched cave mouth.
Provenance
John Gibbs (mid-19th century), London, England [1]
- 1856
Bindon Blood (d. 1855), Edinburgh, Scotland, and County Clare, Ireland, likely purchased from John Gibbs [2]
1856/07/18
Probably in auction of Blood collection, S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, London, England, July 18, 1856, lot no. 427 [3]
- 1979
Robert H. McRoberts (1895-1989) and Helen McRoberts (1896-1984), St. Louis, MO, USA
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McRoberts [4]
Notes:
[1] The name "Gibbs" is inscribed on the verso of the print. John Gibbs was a London print dealer, active mid-19th century. According to Lugt (pp. 189, 199), he sold many prints to the collector Bindon Blood, who inscribed the names of his sources on the verso of his prints [Lugt 1081].
[2] See [1]. Bindon Blood's autograph of Gibbs's name appears on the verso of the print [Lugt 3011].
[3] See the auction catalogue "Catalogue of the Very Extensive Collection of Engravings, from the Earliest Period of the Art to the Present Time, Formed by the late Bindon Blood, Esq." S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, July 18, 1856, lot no. 427 [one of three impressions included in a single lot]. Buyer unknown.
[4] Letter from Mr. McRoberts on Bryan, Cave & Co., Solicitors letterhead confirming gift, dated November 16, 1979 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 21, 1979.
- 1856
Bindon Blood (d. 1855), Edinburgh, Scotland, and County Clare, Ireland, likely purchased from John Gibbs [2]
1856/07/18
Probably in auction of Blood collection, S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, London, England, July 18, 1856, lot no. 427 [3]
- 1979
Robert H. McRoberts (1895-1989) and Helen McRoberts (1896-1984), St. Louis, MO, USA
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McRoberts [4]
Notes:
[1] The name "Gibbs" is inscribed on the verso of the print. John Gibbs was a London print dealer, active mid-19th century. According to Lugt (pp. 189, 199), he sold many prints to the collector Bindon Blood, who inscribed the names of his sources on the verso of his prints [Lugt 1081].
[2] See [1]. Bindon Blood's autograph of Gibbs's name appears on the verso of the print [Lugt 3011].
[3] See the auction catalogue "Catalogue of the Very Extensive Collection of Engravings, from the Earliest Period of the Art to the Present Time, Formed by the late Bindon Blood, Esq." S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, July 18, 1856, lot no. 427 [one of three impressions included in a single lot]. Buyer unknown.
[4] Letter from Mr. McRoberts on Bryan, Cave & Co., Solicitors letterhead confirming gift, dated November 16, 1979 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 21, 1979.
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