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An Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Hannah
Light comes in from behind the old woman: the vivid glow illuminates the book and her hand, so thickly painted that the wrinkles seem almost modelled in clay. Her face remains in shadow. The woman could be the biblical prophetess Hannah. According to the Gospel of Luke, she was an elderly widow who worshipped God night and day with fasting and prayer.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/11Q51
- http://iconclass.org/31D17
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/11Q51
- http://iconclass.org/31D17
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1631
- 1631
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Provenance
- ...; ? sale, Johan Anthony van Kinschot (1708-66, Delft and Heemstede), Delft (E. van der Smout), 21 July 1767 sqq., no. 215 ('Een in een boek leezende Vrouwe, stout en schaduwagtig geschildert, door denzelven [Rembrandt]. Paneel. Hoog 1 v. 11 d. Breed 1 1/2 v [60.1 x 47 cm]'.) ...; collection Hugo Damian Erwein (1805-65), Graf von Schönborn, Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden, 1845 ('Fünftes Zimmer ... von P Rembrand die Prophetin Johanna in einem Lehnstuhle sitzend und in einem Buche lesend, ausgezeichnet und ungemein zart behandeld. Soll das Portrait von Rembrands Mutter sein');{Coll cat. Schönborn 1845, p. 38.} his son, Arthur Franz Maximilian (1846-1915), Graf von Schönborn, Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden; his sale, Paris (C. Pillet), 17 May 1867 sqq., no. 97 ('La Prophétesse Anne. Assise devant une table, elle lit dans un gros livre sur lequel se pose sa main droite étendue. Tournée de profil à droite et vue jusqu'aux genoux. La tête est couverte d'un capuchon bordé d'or; sur les épaules un lourd manteau rougeâtre. Fond neutre. Grand caractère. Pureté absolue. Signé du monogramme et daté 1631. B- H., 0,70 - L. 0,58.') frs. 12,500, to Peter II (1827-1900), Grossherzog von Oldenburg, for the Augusteum, Oldenburg;{Coll. cat. Augusteum 1868, p. 35, no. 123 (‘Die 84jähr. Prophetin Hanna, vor einem Tische sitzend. Sie liest mit halbgeöffneten Munde in einem Folianten, auf welchen sie die rechte Hand legt. Zur Rechten gewandte Profil. Den Kopf bedeckt eine goldgestickte Capuze, auf den Schultern ruht ein rother Mantel. Gallerie Pommersfelden. Breite 48. Höhe 60. Monogr. 1631.’} his son, August II (1852-1931), Grossherzog von Oldenburg; from whom, with 39 other paintings, fl. 600,000, through the mediation of the dealer A.W.M. Mensing, to Mari Paul Voûte (1856-1928) and Ernst Heldring (1871-1954), Amsterdam, 9 September 1922;{De Vries 1970, I, p. 452; Hecht 2008, pp. 70-71.} from Mari Paul Voûte's heirs, fl. 100,000, to the Vereniging Rembrandt for the museum, 1928{Hecht 2008, p. 75.}
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5243
- SK-A-3066
Extent
- height 60 cm
- width 48 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1631
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:12.372Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:42.999Z