Christ and the Woman of Samaria – (Rembrandt Peale) Previous Next


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Size: 64 x 49 cm

Technique: Wood

The authorship of this painting has been much debated, but most scholars consider it to be by a Rembrandt pupil of the mid-1650s, with improvements made by the master himself. The 1656 inventory of Rembrandt"s possessions lists "a painting of a Samaritan retouched by Rembrandt." He often assigned biblical subjects to his students as exercises in stagecraft as well as painting or drawing techniques.

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