Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet
Jan Lievens
c. 1630
Medium
Oil on paper, mounted on panel
Dimensions
46.8 × 60.6 cm (18 3/8 × 23 7/8 in.)
Classification
oil paintings (visual works)
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
19322
About the Artist
Jan Lievens · 1607–1674
Jan Lievens (1607–1674) was born in Leiden and showed exceptional artistic promise from an early age, beginning his training with the local painter Joris van Schooten before traveling to Amsterdam around 1617 to study for two years under Pieter Lastman—the same teacher who would later instruct Rembrandt van Rijn. Lievens and Rembrandt, near-contemporaries born in the same city, subsequently shared...