File:Rembrandt Homer Dictating his Verses.jpg
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Summary
Rembrandt: Homer
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| Title |
Homer |
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| Series title |
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
portrait |
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| Description |
One of two surviving painting of a series of seven by Rembrandt, Guercino, Matia Preti, Salvator Rosa, and Giacinto Brandi. Parts were removed from all four sides as a result of fire damage, following an earthquake that struck Antonio Ruffo's palace in Messina in 1783. Only two fingers remained of the pupils that were present in the complete painting. |
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| Depicted people |
Homer |
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| Date | 1663 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 107 cm (42.1 in); width: 82 cm (32.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Accession number |
584 |
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| Place of creation | Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
Unknown date: commissioned by Don Antonio Ruffo, principe della Scaletta (1610/1611-1678), Messina 1678: inherited by Alfonsina Gotho (....-1689), Messina Unknown date: inherited by Don Placido Ruffo, principe della Scaletta (1646-1710), Messina Unknown date: inherited by Don Calogero Ruffo, principe della Scaletta, Messina 1750: inherited by Don Giovanni Ruffo e la Rocca, principe della Scaletta, Messina 1756: inherited by Antonio Ruffo (....-1778), Messina 17 February 1810: anonymous sale at Christie's, London (auction house), lot no. 117, for £32.11s (as A schoolmaster with his pupil) by 1894: T. Humphrey Ward & Son (art dealer), London 1894: acquired by Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), The Hague 1946: bequeathed to the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, by Abraham Bredius, The Hague |
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| Exhibition history |
Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 8 September 1898–November 1898, cat. no. 117. Bredius, Rembrandt en het Mauritshuis!!! Een eigenzinnige directeur verzamelt, 1991, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, cat. no. 13. Liefde, list en lijden, 1993, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, Cat.no. 33. Een zomer met Rembrandt, 26 June 2006–24 September 2006, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague. Meesters uit het Mauritshuis. Zes eeuwen kunst onder een dak, 28 April 2012–30 June 2014, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague. |
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| Inscriptions |
Signature and date top right: [Rembr]andt. f 1663
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| References |
Anonymous, Mauritshuis online catalogue, as Homer, height: 107 cm (42.1 in); width: 82 cm (32.2 in). Anonymous, RKDimages, Art-work number 2939, as Homer, height: 107 cm (42.1 in); width: 82 cm (32.2 in) Anonymous, The Rembrandt Database, as Homer, height: 107 cm (42.1 in); width: 82 cm (32.2 in). Anonymous, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20186201, as Homer, height: 108 cm (42.5 in); width: 82.4 cm (32.4 in) Anonymous ([circa 1900]) Mauritshuis. The Hague. Holland, 's-Gravenhage: De Groot & Dijkhoff, [p. 29], as Homer, with image in black and white. |
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| Source/Photographer | Geheugen van Nederland : Home : Info : Pic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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