Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1640 - c. 1650

Title(s)

Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1889-A-2049

Catalogue reference

• Schatborn 25

Description

De voetwassing

Artist

• draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1640 - c. 1650

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink, with some areas deliberately rubbed with a wet finger or wet brush; framing line in greyish-brown ink

Material

• paper
• ink

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 157 mm × width 221 mm

What

• Christ washes Peter's feet

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase 1889

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Studying old master paintings : technology and practice : the National Gallery Technical Bulletin 30th anniversary conference postprints, Marika Spring, Helen Howard, p. 170, fig. 7
• Rembrandt drawings, Seymour Slive, p. 212, afb. 15.21
• 125 jaar openbaar kunstbezit : met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt, p. 18, 19, afb. 13
• Tekeningen van Rembrandt : zijn onbekende leerlingen en navolgers, Peter Schatborn, cat.nr. 25
• Bijbelse inspiratie : tekeningen en prenten van Lucas van Leyden en Rembrandt, cat.nr. 113
• Bijbelse inspiratie : tekeningen en prenten van Lucas van Leyden en Rembrandt, cat.nr. 107
• Rembrandt, cat.nr. 158
• Rembrandt-tentoonstelling : tekeningen en etsen, D.J.A. Geluk, Karel Gerard Boon, C.A. van Hees, G.H. Kurtz, cat.nr. 120
• Rembrandt and his circle, Francis Henry Taylor, Daniel Catton Rich, cat.nr. 42
• Loan exhibition of paintings, drawings and etchings by Rembrandt and his circle, Daniel Catton Rich, cat.nr. 42A
• Rembrandt tentoonstelling ter plechtige herdenking van het 300-jarige bestaan der Universiteit van Amsterdam, cat.nr. 320