The raising of Lazarus

About this artwork

…; collection Dr Angenitus Martinus de Wild (1899-1969), The Hague;…; collection Dr. Wilhelm Martin (1876-1954), Wassenaar;…; purchased by the dealer Goudstikker/Miedl, Amsterdam, from the dealer D. Katz, Dieren, 23 April 1942; from whom purchased by the dealer A.J.A. Kaminski, Bergen, 23 March 1943; war recuperation, SNK, 1945 (inv. no. NK 2261);{Provenance from 1942 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006.} transferred from the DRVK, to the museum, 1960

About the Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1606–1669

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...