The Meeting of Christ with Martha and Mary after the Death of Lazarus

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Meeting of Christ with Martha and Mary after the Death of Lazarus

Rembrandt van RijnLinkedCulture matchlcp-adad34d778fc

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Scholars now consider this drawing a rare, late work by Rembrandt. Here, Christ meets with Martha and Mary after the death of their brother, Lazarus (John 11:30–36). The composed dignity of Christ's face and his calm compassion contrast with the prostrate figure of Mary and the agitated drawing of the kneeling Martha, whose outstretched hands are repeated three times, suggesting a frenzied expressivity. Above Martha, white gouache obliterates the figure of a standing man as well as a first version of Martha's head. The combination of rough power and sublime tenderness that characterizes Rembrandt's late drawing style is here demonstrated in the dramatic rendering of the sisters' grief and the sensitive portrayal of the bearded old man who dries his eyes with a kerchief at the right.

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Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
reed pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white gouache (in the heads of the kneeling figures)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Type of artwork
Drawing
Department
Drawings

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creation_date
c. 1662–65

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A group of people in traditional attire, some standing and others seated, in a dimly lit interior space.

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Provenance
Edward Vernon Utterson | Private Collection, England | Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York | Edward Vernon Utterson, London (Lugt 909, lower center, in black ink). Private Collection, England (according to departmental cataloging sheet and Benesch 1973, vol. 5, p. 293, cat. no. 1068a). [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York]
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Object ID
137153
Object Type
Drawing
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Rembrandt van Rijn
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Netherlands
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
reed pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white gouache (in the heads of the kneeling figures)
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Drawings
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Provenance
Edward Vernon Utterson | Private Collection, England | Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York | Edward Vernon Utterson, London (Lugt 909, lower center, in black ink). Private Collection, England (according to departmental cataloging sheet and Benesch 1973, vol. 5, p. 293, cat. no. 1068a). [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York]
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Provenance” · copied as is
Date
c. 1662–65
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1662
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1665
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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