Christ Healing the Sick (‘Hundred Guilder Print’)
Also titled Christus geneest de zieken (‘Honderdguldenprent’)
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
c. 1648
- Medium
- Japanese paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 282 mm x width 395 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
In this masterpiece, Rembrandt offers a unique interpretation of a chapter from the Bible by grouping all the figures, rich and poor, young and old, healthy and sick, around Jesus. In the technical execution, he achieved previously unseen nuances in shades of grey, ranging from velvety black, through grey, to almost white. And, at Jesus’ feet is the reclining woman from one of his preparatory drawings.
