Christ and the Woman of Samaria
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Christ and the Woman of Samaria
- Artist: Style of Rembrandt (Dutch, ca. 1655)
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 25 x 19 1/4 in. (63.5 x 48.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, 1959
- Object Number: 60.71.14
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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