Peter and John at the Gate of the Temple.

 

Rembrandt van Rijn

  1606 - 1669 (biography)

1659  

etching and drypoint, with roulette 

7 1/16 x 8 1/2" image and paper size 

signed in the plate, lower center-left 

not applicable 

dated in the plate after signature; Heinzelmann stamp or inked signature on verso; faint stamp in center of work depicts oval with illegible text 

Hind 301.iv; Hollstein XVIII.51.Bartsch.94.; NH(Rembrandt).II.301.312 v/vi; Ludwig Heinzelmann signature stamp on verso, not in Lugt. 

delicate handmade laid 

iii/iv 

artist 

24086 

$3,000.00 

This etching, based on a passage from the biblical New Testament, portrays a scene of miraculous healing. On their way to the temple, Peter and John, followers of Jesus, encounter a man unable to walk since birth asking for money. Peter says, "I have no silver and gold, but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” In the print, Rembrandt van Rijn showed Peter raising his hands to bless the man. The biblical passage goes on to describe how the man then stands and walks. Billows of smoke roll out of the great basin behind Peter, amplifying the miraculous force of his gesture.