Christ Preaching (The Hundred Guilder Print)
Medium
etching on chine collé on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 38 × 50 cm (14 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.) sheet (chine collé): 29 × 39 cm (11 7/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Miss Alice Hall Kerr
Accession Number
1966.7.1
Art Historical Context
Behold Rembrandt's timeless masterpiece, *Christ Preaching*—affectionately nicknamed the Hundred Guilder Print for its extraordinary value in the 17th century. This 1873 etching by French Léopold Flameng faithfully reproduces the Dutch master's original from around 1648–49. Rembrandt, a Baroque genius of the Dutch Golden Age, captures Christ at the center, preaching and healing amid a diverse crowd of disciples, Pharisees, and the afflicted. The composition brims with humanity, light piercing the darkness to symbolize divine grace. Printed on chine collé—a delicate technique bonding thin Chin...