Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859, Britishafter Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606–1669, Dutch
Title:
The Centurion Cornelius
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 × 28 1/16 inches (61 × 71.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Rembrant | And when the Angel which spake unto Cornelius was | departed, he called two of his houshold servants, and a | devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by Jas. Ward | Painter & Engraver to his R.H., the Pince of Wales. | And when he had declared all those things unto them, | he sent them to Joppa | Acts Chapr.X. Verse 7 & 8"; lettered, lower center: THE CENTURION CORNELIUS | From an Original Picture brought to this Country by M. Bryan Esqr. | LONDON: Pubd. April 10, 1800, by MESSR.. WARDS & Co.. No.6, Newman Street."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.624
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
soldier | Cornelius sends two servants and a soldier to Peter in Joppa | table | listening | helmet | servants | instructions | books | papers | sword | New Testament | religious and mythological subject | Christianity | Roman
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22)Rembrandt in Eighteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-10-19 - 1983-12-30)