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    "localId": "136304",
    "label": "Christ Taken before Caiaphas",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing"
}

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    "id": "136304",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "title": "Christ Taken before Caiaphas",
    "description": "The first drawing purchased by the museum as a Rembrandt is now considered by experts to have been made by a follower of the Dutch artist. The scene depicts Christ being led to his first interrogation after his capture in Gethsemane (John 18:12–14), an unusual subject that may be paraphrasing the traditional portrayal of Christ carrying the cross. Here, the exhausted figure of Christ, contrasted with the brutal features and cruel gestures of the soldiers, produces an image that resonates with emotion. However, stylistic details, particularly the use of wash that creates a vague space and the lack of clarity and directness in Christ's face, suggest that this drawing was executed by a student or follower working in Rembrandt's style.",
    "date": "c. 1641–42",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.187",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80030016"
    ],
    "creators": [
        2520
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Drawing"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.187/1960.187_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.187/1960.187_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.187/1960.187_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Sheet: 18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Netherlands"
    ],
    "accession": "1960.187"
}

{
    "tec": "pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with white gouache",
    "tombstone": "Christ Taken before Caiaphas, c. 1641–42. Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with white gouache; sheet: 18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.); secondary support: 18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1960.187",
    "supportMaterials": [
        {
            "description": "beige(1) laid paper laid down on cream(3) laid paper"
        }
    ],
    "collection": "DR - Dutch",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "VERSO, through transmitted light, upper right, in ink(?): [illegible] / [6601?] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper left, in graphite: HJH [first two letters crossed out] ; upper center, in graphite: Rembrandt "
        }
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review| 1960.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 47, no. 10 (December 1960): 223–254.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 230; Mentioned: p. 254, no. 91",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142422"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Rembrandt, and Louise S. Richards. “Christ Taken before Caiaphas.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 1 (January 1961): 2–4.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 2-4; Reproduced: Cover",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142428"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 123",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n147"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 123",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n147"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Benesch, Otto. <em>The Drawings of Rembrandt: Complete Edition in Six Volumes[1954-57], </em>6 vols., enlarged and ed. Eva Benesch (London, 1973).",
            "page_number": "Vol. III, p. 141, no. 512a"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 158",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n178"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.187",
    "creditline": "Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:57:10.020000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.187/1960.187_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 136304,
    "dept": "Drawings",
    "coll": "DR - Dutch",
    "med": "pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with white gouache",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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