Rembrandt

Illustration number 0001526296
Dimensions: 3512x4841 pixels
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Illustration number 0000090056
Dimensions: 650x568 pixels
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Illustration number 0000090057
Dimensions: 650x568 pixels
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Object information

Object category

painting

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

part of a series

Rembrandt, Passie-serie

Support/medium

canvas, oil paint

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (portrait) with rounded upper side 92.7 x 68.3 cm

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

remnants of signature and date below, right of the middle: Remb[...]dt f [.]636

Current attribution: Rembrandt

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: dated 1636 (1636)

In his first letter to Huygens of February 1636 Rembrandt mentions the Ascension as being finished (Gerson/Eeghen/Rembrandt 1961, p. 18-24, 26-30; Strauss/Van der Meulen 1979, 1636/1, 1636/2).

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: De Hemelvaart
English title: The Ascension
Genre: history (genre)
Keywords: New Testament and Apocrypha
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 73E42
the Ascension (Christ surrounded by radiant light or in a mandorla)

Artistically related

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

copied in print by
Carl Ernst Christoph Hess, De Hemelvaart

Provenance

Commissioned by If the work in question was commissioned, and this is known, then the patron is noted here.: Frederik Hendrik (Prince of Orange)

Collection(s)

private collection Frederik Hendrik (Prince of Orange), The Hague/ Honselaarsdijk
private collection Amalia van Solms, The Hague
Together with the other paintings of the Passion series the Resur-rection is mentioned in the inventory of 20 March 1668 of Amalia van Solms among the paintings in the Court at the Noordeinde. It is not known who inherited the Passion series after the death of Amalia van Solms in 1675 (Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 2 (1986), no. A 65; Brown/Kelch/ Van Thiel 1991, no. 13).
1668 - 1675
private collection Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, Düsseldorf
It is not known how and when the Passion series came into the possession of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine before his death in 1716. In 1719 it is mentioned in the catalogue of the collection of the Prince-elector of Düsseldorf: "N. 92 Die Himmelfahrt Christi mit 12 Figuren. 2 Fuss 9 Zoll x 2 Fuss 4 Zoll" (Karsch 1719, no. 92). Because of threats of war the collection of the Prince-elector was removed from Düsseldorf several times. In 1806 the collection was transferred to München and added to the art collection of the House of Wittelsbach there (Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015, vol. 2 (1986), no. A 65; Brown/Kelch/ Van Thiel 1991, no. 13).
Alte Pinakothek, Munich , inv./cat.nr 398
1836 - the Alte Pinakothek opened to the public in 1836

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

Meesterwerken uit de Oude Pinacotheek te München Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1948-07-18 - 1948-10-24 , cat. no. 108
Les chefs-d'oeuvre de la Pinacothèque de Munich Paleis voor Schone Kunsten , Brussels , 1948-04 - 1948-07 , cat. no. 108
Vorstelijk verzameld : de kunstcollectie van Frederik Hendrik en Amalia Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis , The Hague (city) , 1997-12-06 - 1998-03-29 , cat. no. 23
Rembrandt : Genie auf der Suche Gemäldegalerie (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) , Berlin (city) , 2006-08-04 - 2006-11-05 , cat. no. 23

Literature

Karsch 1719 , no. 92
De Pigage 1778 , no. 219
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , vol. 6 (1915), no. 149
Bredius 1935 , no. 557
Amsterdam 1948A , no. 108
Gerson/Eeghen/Rembrandt 1961 , p. 18-24 and 26-30
Bauch 1966 , no. 64
Brochhagen 1968 , p. 37-44
Gerson 1968 , no. 80
Strauss/Van der Meulen 1979 , 1636/1 and 1636/2
Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015 , vol. 3 (1989), no. A 118
Tümpel 1986 , no. 53
Slatkes 1992 , no. 51
Van der Ploeg/Vermeeren/Broos 1997 , no. 23
Dekiert 2006 , p. 168-175
Kelch/Van de Wetering 2006 , no. 23
Baumstark/Dekiert/Quaeitzsch 2009 , vol. 2, no. 194
MacNamara 2015
Sluijter 2015 , p. 26, 49, 53-54, 103-104, 338, 349, 351, 381, 405

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

TD/Digital collection (img.nr. 0001526296)
, Original location BD/RKD/0550 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature: Rembrandt and School (img.nr. 0000090056)
, Original location BD/RKD/0700 - ONS/Dated Works (img.nr. 0000090057)

Project: The Rembrandt Database
RemBench
Gerson Digital : Germany

Technical documentation

The RKD manages a collection of technical documentation that has been given to us by external researchers and museums or which stems from the RKD's own research with infrared reflectography. Documentation can be accessed by appointment at the RKD. While not all technical documentation has been entered in the database at present, new data is added on a regular basis.

14 hits in RKD technical, relating to:

Technical examination type

sample

cross-section BStGS_x398_01, 1962 1 hits
textile (Christ's garment)
cross-section BStGS_x398_02, 1962 1 hits
feathers (right wing of the angel left to the centre)
cross-section BStGS_x398_03, 1962 1 hits
feathers (right wing of the angel right to the centre)
cross-section BStGS_x398_04, 1962 1 hits
feathers (right wing of the angel right to the centre)
cross-section BStGS_x398_ground, 1962 1 hits
edge of the painting (lower left corner)
concerns a ground samples

Research and restoration projects

conservation, 1755 — 1756 1 hits
Restored by Philipp Brinckmann
conservation, 1930 1 hitsTreatment carried out possibly by Müller
exhibition Meesterwerken uit de Oude Pinacotheek te München, 1948-07 — 1948-10 1 hits
At the end of the exhibition 'Meesterwerken uit de Oude Pinacotheek te München' in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, x-rays were made of six Rembrandt paintings from the Alte Pinakothek, München.
study Rembrandt's grounds and pigments, 1962 — 1976 5 hitsinvolved_persons: Hermann Kühn
The study focused mainly on grounds, and to some extent on paint layers. Samples were taken of 75 panel and canvas paintings attributed to Rembrandt.
Prof. Dr. Hermann Kühn took the samples at the painting's institution with a stereomicroscope after which he analyzed them at the Doerner Institut in Munich.
For more information: Hermann Kühn, Untersuchungen zu den Malgründen Rembrandts, 1965, p. 189-210, in: Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Baden-Württemberg, vol. 2
For more information: Hermann Kühn, Untersuchungen zu den Pigmenten und Malgründen Rembrandts, durchgeführt an den Gemälden der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Kassel, in: Maltechnik Restauro : Internationale Zeitschrift für Farb- und Maltechniken, Restaurierung und Museumsfragen 82 (1976), p. 25-33
conservation, 1970 1 hitsinvolved_persons: Richard Lohe

External links: Website Alte Pinakothek Munich

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