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Summary

Rembrandt: Danaë

Artist

Rembrandt (1606–1669)

	Alternative names	Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
	Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
	Date of birth/death	15 July 1606	4 October 1669
	Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
	Work period	between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
	Work location	Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
	Authority file	: Q5598 VIAF: 64013650 ISNI: 0000000121363802 ULAN: 500011051 LCCN: n79142935 NLA: 35139809 WorldCat

artist QS:P170,Q5598

Title

Danae

label QS:Lde,"Danaë"

label QS:Lfr,"Danaé"

label QS:Lnl,"Danaë"

label QS:Len,"Danaë"

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Object type

painting

Genre

nude

Date

between 1636 and 1643

date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1636-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1643-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

The initial painting was probably finished in 1636 and later altered by Rembrandt himself some time before 1643.

Medium

oil on canvas

medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

Dimensions

height: 185 cm (72.8 in); width: 202.5 cm (79.7 in)

dimensions QS:P2048,185U174728

dimensions QS:P2049,202.5U174728

Collection

Hermitage Museum

	Native name	Государственный Эрмитаж
	Location	Saint Petersburg
	Coordinates	59° 56′ 26″ N, 30° 18′ 49″ E
	Established	1764
	Website	hermitagemuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q132783 VIAF: 128956287 ISNI: 000000041800742X LCCN: n79100241 NLA: 35139924 OSM: 8092294 WorldCat

institution QS:P195,Q132783

Accession number

723

Object location

59° 56′ N, 30° 19′ E

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59.940353; 30.313811

Place of creation

Netherlands

Object history

by 1750

date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

: Joseph Antoine Crozat (1699-1750), France

1750: inherited by Louis Antoine Crozat (1700-1770), Paris
1772: purchased by Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796), Saint Petersburg, through Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

from 1772

date QS:P,+1772-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1772-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Inscriptions

Traces of signature and date bottom left:

Remb[randt] f 1[63]6

References

RKDimages, Art-work number 40824, as Danae, 1636-1643, 185 × 203 cm (72.8 × 79.9 in)

Web Gallery of Art, as Danaë, 1636, 165 × 203 cm (64.9 × 79.9 in).

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