Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple
- Date
- 1635
- Material
- Etching and engraving
- made in
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- plate (irregular): 5 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (13.6 x 16.9 cm)
sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 11/16 in. (13.9 x 17 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McRoberts
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 449:1979
NOTES
In this print Rembrandt van Rijn depicts the Biblical story of Christ driving the moneychangers from the temple. Christ stands in the center of the image, wielding a bunch of ropes as a whip in his raised left hand. He is surrounded by a scene of pandemonium: to his right a table has been knocked over; a merchant grasps his money bag as coins spill out of another bag onto the floor; merchants are falling, gathering up their goods, running and shouting. One carries a basket of chickens on his head. To the right a man is being dragged by a startled calf and people and animals scatter in confusion. The artist most likely borrowed from the work of Albrecht Dürer when he composed his image of the scene. Rembrandt's version shows a great sense of dynamism and movement around the central figure of Christ.
Provenance
Heneage Finch, Fifth Earl of Aylesford (1786–1859), London and Warwickshire, England [1]
P. & D. Colnaghi, London, England [2]
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, USA [2]
- 1979
Robert H. McRoberts (1895-1989) and Helen McRoberts (1896-1984), St. Louis, MO
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Robert H. McRoberts and Helen McRoberts [3]
Notes:
[1] Aylesford's collector's stamp appeares on the verso of this print [Lugt 58].
[2] Two Colnaghi numbers (C3124 and C598) and a Knoedler number (K2531) are on the verso. The print may have passed through Colnaghi's showrooms on two different occasions.
[3] Letter from Mr. McRoberts 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.
P. & D. Colnaghi, London, England [2]
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, USA [2]
- 1979
Robert H. McRoberts (1895-1989) and Helen McRoberts (1896-1984), St. Louis, MO
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Robert H. McRoberts and Helen McRoberts [3]
Notes:
[1] Aylesford's collector's stamp appeares on the verso of this print [Lugt 58].
[2] Two Colnaghi numbers (C3124 and C598) and a Knoedler number (K2531) are on the verso. The print may have passed through Colnaghi's showrooms on two different occasions.
[3] Letter from Mr. McRoberts 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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