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Summary

Rembrandt: Saul and David

Artist



Alternative names	Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death	15 July 1606	4 October 1669
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file	: Q5598 VIAF: 64013650 ISNI: 0000000121363802 ULAN: 500011051 LCCN: n79142935 NLA: 35139809 WorldCat

Formerly attributed to Willem Drost

Formerly attributed to Karel van der Pluym

Title

Saul and David

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Depicted people

David
Saul

Date

between 1650 and 1670

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 130 cm (51.1 in); width: 164.5 cm (64.7 in)

Collection

Mauritshuis (Inventory)

	Native name	Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
	Location	Korte Vijverberg 8, The Hague
	Coordinates	52° 04′ 49.4″ N, 4° 18′ 51.5″ E
	Established	1822
	Website	mauritshuis.nl
	Authority file	: Q221092 VIAF: 134457328 ISNI: 000000012288890X ULAN: 500307433 LCCN: n79026755 GND: 62314-3 WorldCat

Accession number

621

Place of creation

Amsterdam

Object history

by 10 May 1830: Victor L.Ch. de Riquet (Duke of Caraman), Paris between 10 May 1830 and 12 May 1830: sale of the collection of Victor de Riquet (Duke of Caraman) at Thomas Henry, Paris, lot no. 76, for FRF 250 (as ‘Rembrandt (van Ryn, Paul) 76. David jouant de la harpe devant Saül. Assis et vu à mi-corps, Saül cache derrière un rideau la moitié de son visage; son air sombre indique l'agitation de son esprit. Une tunique de drap d'or et un manteau de velours cramoisi composent son vêtement. Plus bas que Saül, est placé David jouant de la harpe; on ne voit que la partie supérieure de son corps. Tableau capital où l'énergie du pinceau égale la vigueur du coloris, où Rembrandt, on peut bien le dire, a une physiognomie pittoresque qui est toute à lui. T. h. 45 p. ---l. 67’)
by 1835: Didot de Saint-Marc (....-1935), Paris

1835: bequeathed to Mrs. Didot de Saint-Marc (=Mrs. Abel Vautier), Caen

between 9 December 1863 and 11 December 1863: purchased by Haro at the sale of the collection of Mme. Abel Vautier at Exp.: Horsin Déon . . . , C. P.: Escribe . . ., Paris, lot no. 31, for FFR 10,100 , for Alphonse Oudry (1819-1869), Paris, (as ‘Rembrandt. (Paul van Rijn) 31. David jouant de la harpe devant Saül’)
between 16 April 1869 and 17 April 1869: purchased by Durand-Ruel et Cie (art dealer), Paris at the sale of the collection of Alphonse Oudry at Exp.: Febvre, C. P.: Escribe, Paris, lot no. 52, for FRF 120,000 (as ‘Rembrandt (Paul van Rijn) 52 - Le roi Saül, livré à la plus noire mélancolie, se dérobe à moitié derrière un large rideau; devant lui, le jeune David joue de la harpe afin de chasser les sombres pensées qui obsèdent l'esprit du roi. Cette œuvre magistrale est de la plus belle époque du grand peintre; il y a déployéune puissance dramatique digne de Shakspeare et une incomparable magie de couleur et de clair-obscur. Collection Didot. Toile, H. 1 m. 31 c. L. 1 m. 64 c.’)

1870: purchased by Arthur Stevens, Paris, from Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris (?)

circa 1870: purchased by Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris, from Arthur Stevens, Paris (?)
circa 1870: purchased by Alexis Joseph Febvre, Paris, from Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris for FRF 29,000 (?)

Unknown date: acquired by Saint Bourgeois (art dealer), Cologne/Paris

before 1876: purchased by Albert von Oppenheim (1834-1912), Cologne, from Saint Bourgeois, Cologne for [FRF] 40-50,000

Unknown date: purchased by Saint Bourgeois (art dealer), Cologne/Paris, from Albert von Oppenheim, Cologne

by 1890: M. Philippe George, Ay, Marne

1891: purchased by Durand-Ruel (art dealer), Paris, from M. Philippe George, Ay, Marne

1898: purchased by Dr. Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), The Hague, from Durand-Ruel, Paris

1898: lent to the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague by Dr. Abraham Bredius, The Hague

1946: bequeathed to the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, by Dr. Abraham Bredius, The Hague

Exhibition history

Kunsthistorische Ausstellung zu Cöln. VII. Original-Gemälde der kölner und niederländische Malerschule bis zum Schluss des 17. Jahrhunderts, Cologne, 1876, cat. no. 61.

Paintings, Sculptures and Other Objects Exhibited During the World's Congresses, 1893, The Arts Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cat.no. 27.

Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 8 September 1898–November 1898, cat. no. 118.

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1936, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Cat.no. 304.

Bredius, Rembrandt en het Mauritshuis!!! Een eigenzinnige directeur verzamelt, 1991, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, cat. no. 11.

Liefde, list en lijden, 1993, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, Cat.no. 34, as Rembrandt (studio?), possibly Willem Drost.

References

Anonymous, Mauritshuis online catalogue, as Rembrandt, Saul and David, circa 1651-1654 and circa 1655-1658, height: 130 cm (51.1 in); width: 164.5 cm (64.7 in).
Anonymous, RKDimages, Art-work number 2912, as Workshop of Rembrandt or Rembrandt, Saul and David, circa 1655 and circa 1660-1665 (1650-1665), height: 130 cm (51.1 in); width: 164.5 cm (64.7 in) Anonymous, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20186202, as Rembrandt, Sauls Sohn vor Saul, circa 1658, height: 130.5 cm (51.3 in); width: 164 cm (64.5 in)
Anonymous, Web Gallery of Art, as Rembrandt, Saul and David, 1655-1660, height: 131 cm (51.5 in); width: 164 cm (64.5 in).
Anonymous ([circa 1900]) Mauritshuis. The Hague. Holland, 's-Gravenhage: De Groot & Dijkhoff, [p. 33], as Saul and David, with image in black and white.

Source/Photographer

Geheugen van Nederland : Home : Info : Pic

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Version in black and white from mus.cat., ca. 1900

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	19:26, 9 June 2015	3,000 × 2,397 (2.79 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	higher resolution
	17:03, 23 May 2012	1,200 × 947 (253 KB)	Vincent Steenberg	higher resolution (on this version you can see clearly the paintings is composed of different fragments. Please do not fix)
	11:24, 26 October 2009	913 × 700 (86 KB)	Shakko	color
	11:24, 26 October 2009	913 × 700 (86 KB)	Shakko	color
	03:11, 21 May 2005	1,256 × 1,004 (115 KB)	File Upload Bot (Eloquence)	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' David spielt Harfe vor Saul \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Öl auf Leinwand \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 131 × 164 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' Den Haag \|Country=<br /> ** ''de:'' Niederlande (Holland) \|Gallery=<br /