Abstract
39 This study proposes that our understanding of Rembrandt’s Hundred Guilder Print has been limited by seeing it exclusively as illustrating the narrative vignettes related in the gospel passage of Matthew 19. Rather than being inspired only by this single textual source—as undeniably rich as it is—Rembrandt drew broadly on other representations, both biblical and nonscriptural, as visual inspiration for various figures and the overall compositional devices in the print. In particular, the reclining figure reaching up to touch the hem of Christ’s cloak is identified as the woman with the issue of blood, found elsewhere in the gospel passages. As a small portion of a larger study, the identification serves to point to a wider understanding of the print as a path to salvation through faith, and a mode of art production and viewing that is associative rather than merely illustrative. DOI: 10.18277/makf.2015.04 BEYOND MATTHEW 19: THE WOMAN AT CHRIST’S FEET IN REMBRANDT’S HUNDRED GUILDER PRINT
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