ID: 700008951 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008951	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Christ Presented to the People (drypoint (print); Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Holland, Amsterdam, 1606-1669)...; 1655; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles c...; M.61.3)

Note: In 1655 Rembrandt finished the last of eight states of this etching of Christ's judgment. The first five states of the print include a milling crowd in the foreground below the central group. In the sixth state, Rembrandt burnished out this crowd, replacing it with two arches flanking the figure of a river god. As a result, the somber composition, seen here in the seventh state, is organized almost entirely by the prominent architecture separating and enclosing three major groups. The curious townsfolk (left and right) represent disorder; the officials and soldiers around Christ symbolize an abstract, implacable justice. Individual figures are confined to windows, as the carved figures of Justice and Prudence are confined to their niches. Both this subject and its presentation in an architectural setting had long been popular in northern Europe. The shallow, stagelike composition, with its varied levels and central platform, provided Rembrandt the opportunity to depict a large crowd of people. They are clothed in the anachronistic combination of exotic and contemporary costume that appears frequently in his biblical compositions. The variety of poses and costumes tempers the powerful symmetry of the architecture. A shadowy central arch frames the richly dressed Pilate, who points to Christ, physically powerless among his oppressors. Rembrandt's very human depiction of the Savior occurs often in his work. The public setting of the judgment connects the image to the contemporary European practice of sentencing convicted persons in the open, before crowds.

Titles:

Christ Presented to the People (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drypoint (print) [300041349] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints, engravings (prints))

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1655

Creator Display:

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Holland, Amsterdam, 1606-1669) [preferred]

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch painter, printmaker, 1606-1669) [500011051]

Locations:

Current: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500217563] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: M.61.3

Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund

Other: Creation: Nederland [7016845] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Drypoint

	drypoint (printing process) [300053228]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes, engraving (printing process))

Dimensions: 14 x 17 7/8 in. (35.56 x 45.4 cm)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Ecce Homo [901000270]
	.....((Passion of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

State: 8:8

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Christ Presented to the People

.................... State 8: Christ Presented to the People

Sources and Contributors:
Christ Presented to the People	........ [VP]
	........ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)