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Christ Preaching ("The Hundred Guilder Print"): Gallery Label - Current

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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Date

2006-07-14

Institution Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The nickname of this complex masterwork, The Hundred Guilder Print, refers to the high price someone reportedly paid for it in the mid-1600s. The etching illustrates Rembrandt's willingness to depart from biblical iconography to satisfy his artistic vision. In one scene he combines various passages from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 19: The sick and elderly come to be healed; mothers bring their children to be blessed; the Pharisees, at left, want to argue with Christ about divorce. The distraught, well-dressed young man above the eager child is no doubt pondering his chances of getting into heaven if he does not shed his wealth-a dilemma suggested by the camel at far right.
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Type: Commentary, Gallery Label - Current
Source: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Rights: Copyright Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Added to Site: March 10, 2009