Christ Preaching (The Hundred Guilder Print) (H. 236 II/II, B. 74 II)

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Christ Preaching (The Hundred Guilder Print) (H. 236 II/II, B. 74 II)

Artist Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Dateabout 1649

DimensionsOverall: 11 x 15 5/8 in. (27.9 x 39.7 cm)

MediumEtching, Drypoint and Engraving

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineFrederick B. and Kate L. Shoemaker Fund

Object number

1934.92

Not on View

Label TextRembrandt’s remarkable handling of light and shadow gives depth to the emotions and meaning of this combination of incidents from the Bible’s Book of Matthew— note, for instance, the shadow of the praying hands on Christ’s robe. Light seems to come from Christ himself, suggesting the extraordinary spiritual presence that irresistibly draws the diverse crowd. Rembrandt includes the sick, the poor, the skeptical Pharisees, and the wealthy man, seated to Christ’s right, about whom Jesus proclaimed, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God” (verse 24). Rembrandt even includes the camel. The print earned its nickname not long after its creation when it sold at auction for the exorbitant price of 100 guilders—a high sum even for paintings at the time.Exhibition HistoryTMA, Rembrandt What Was He Thinking, Mar. 3-May 28 2006.

TMA, Rembrandt: Contrast and Campare, Oct..16, 1982 - Jan. 2, 1983.

TMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011.

TMA, The Painter Was a Printmaker,June 23 - Sept. 9, 1984.

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor Michigan, 1996.

Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art, Shine On: Nurses in Art, March 20 - June 21, 2015.