Rembrandt:
The Wedding of Samson
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Artist |
Rembrandt
(1606–1669)
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Alternative names |
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn |
Description |
Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
15 July 1606
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4 October 1669
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Location of birth/death |
Leiden |
Amsterdam |
Work period |
between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5598 |
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Title |
The Wedding of Samson |
Object type |
painting
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Genre |
religious art
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Depicted people |
Samson
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Date |
1638 date QS:P571,+1638-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 126 cm (49.6 in); width: 175 cm (68.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,126U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,175U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q4890 |
Accession number |
1560 |
Place of creation |
Amsterdam |
Object history |
Unknown date Unknown date : acquired by August II the Strong (1670-1733), King of Poland,
Dresden
by 1722-1728: kurfürstliche Galerie, today
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
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Exhibition history |
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 September 1969–30 November 1969, cat. no. 5.
Rembrandt - Genie auf der Suche, Gemäldegalerie,
Berlin, 4 August 2006–5 November 2006, cat. no. 24.
Rembrandt, Pintor de historias, 15 October 2008–6 January 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 25.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom center:
Rembrandt. f. 1638.
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Notes |
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References |
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, online collection
RKDimages, Art-work number 47564, as Samson posing the riddle to the wedding guests, height: 125.6 cm (49.4 in); width: 174.7 cm (68.7 in)dimensions QS:P2048,125.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,174.7U174728
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 00003764, as Simson, an der Hochzeitstafel das Rätsel aufgebend, height: 126.5 cm (49.8 in); width: 175.5 cm (69 in)dimensions QS:P2048,126.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,175.5U174728
Web Gallery of Art, as The Wedding of Samson, height: 127 cm (50 in); width: 176 cm (69.2 in)dimensions QS:P2048,127U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,176U174728 .
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Source/Photographer |
The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by
DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.
ISBN:
3936122202. |
Permission (
Reusing this file) |
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