The Tribute Money: P.15027-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Tribute Money

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

Entities

Description

After the painting previously attributed to Rembrandt, but now attributed to Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621-1674), (1655; The Viscount Allendale's Trustees, Bywell, Northumberland). Scene inside a Jewish Temple with Christ standing at centre right, a glory round his head, surrounded by a crowd of priests and scribes. The chief priest at centre left presents a coin held in his right hand.

Notes

History note: VanSittart gave 1,485 engravings to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1879 and this mezzotint was probably included within this group. The number written in pen and ink on the verso presumably relates to Vansittart's own cataloguing system and the number written in graphite on the verso to some kind of count by curators at the time of the acquisition.

Legal notes

Given by Augustus Arthur VanSittart, ?1879

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

Dating

18th Century#
Circa 1754 - Circa 1765

Note

Mezzotint, same direction as the painting. State after inscription. Engraved with artists' names at lower left and right: 'Rembrandt Pinx,,t'; 'J,,s Mc,,Ardell fecit' and at the centre of the inscription space: 'From the Original in the Collection of John Blackwood Esq,,r'. The date of the print is unrecorded. Inscribed on the recto in pen and ink in the margins at lower centre: 'Tribute Money'. Inscribed on the verso in pen and ink: '6078' and in graphite: 'Vansittart Collection'; '513'; 'm 8'. See also P.5924-R, another impression of the same state (ex. John Charrington) and P.5923-R, an impression of the second state with scratched letters (ex. John Charrington).

School or Style

Irish

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.15027-R
Primary reference Number: 240089
Goodwin (McArdell): 215 (as described)
Alexander (Rembrandt): 110.IV/IV (p.136)
Charrington (Rembrandt): 110.IV/IV (p.88)
Chaloner Smith: undescribed
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