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18th-century Flemish-Dutch school – After Rembrandt Harmensz…
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18th-century Flemish-Dutch school – After Rembrandt Harmensz…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
18th-century Flemish-Dutch school – After Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Ecce homo
Oak panel (single board; uncradled)
39.5 x 58 cm – 15 1/2 x 22 7/8 in.
Ecce homo, oak panel (one board; uncradled)
Provenance:
Private collection, France.
Description:
Inspired by Rembrandt, our painter borrows the broad outlines of a composition devised for a print, on which the master worked through eight states. Our version may be based on the seventh state, characterised by the addition in the foreground of two arched openings separated by a relief bust of a man.
Rembrandt may himself have been inspired by the Passion paintings displayed in public squares in the 17th century, or by some of his contemporaries such as Lucas of Leiden and Marcantonio Raimondi.
Building on these models, our painter does not hesitate to take liberties with the colour scheme, the arrangement of certain figures or even the architecture. The refinement of the colour palette and the richness of the costumes almost seem to soften the dramatic nature of this scene, which is, after all, the moment when Christ is judged and condemned.
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