Art Institute of Chicago, Wilson L. Mead FundCC0 (public domain) · 1,855 × 2,250 px · Art Institute of Chicago · IIIF

1650s · Art Institute of Chicago

Jacob's Farewell to Benjamin

manner of RembrandtWikidata

painting by Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn

Wander from here

In the picture

ReligiousmanchildJacobBenjamin
Date
1650s (known to the decade)Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: c. 1655
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
113 × 110.5 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 113 × 110.5 cm
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
Genre
religious artWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1937.463Wikidata
Credit line
Wilson L. Mead FundArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1937 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
    high confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450–1900, 1929, no. 101, as attributed to Jan Victors New York World’s Fair, Masterpieces of Art, May–October 1940, no. 101, as Samuel and Eli, by Barent Fabritius Art Institute of Chicago, Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years, October 25–December 7, 1969, no. 44, as Samuel and Eli by Willem Drost; traveled to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, December 22, 1969–February 1, 1970; The Detroit Institute of Arts, February 24, 1970–April 5, 1970. Milwaukee Art Center, The Bible through Dutch Eyes: From Genesis through the Apocrypha, April 9–May 23, 1976, no. 24, as Benjamin's Farewell from Jacob, Rembrandt School Amsterdam, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Rembrandt’s Late Pupils, February 5-May 17, 2015, cat. 2.25-2.26 (ill.).
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