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Apostle Simon
Rembrandt1661
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
The apostle Simon is said to have suffered martyrdom in Persia by being quartered with a saw; accordingly, Rembrandt depicts him as an old carpenter pausing to meditate while sawing a tree trunk. The painting belongs to a group of similar 'Portraits historiés' of apostles from Rembrandt's late period.
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Details
- Title: Apostle Simon
- Creator: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
- Creator Lifespan: 1606 – 1669
- Creator Death Place: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Creator Birth Place: Leyden, Netherlands
- Date Created: 1661
- Physical Dimensions: 98,5 x 79 cm
- Type: painting
- External Link: Kunsthaus Zürich, Online Collection
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Art Movement: Baroque
- Original title: Der Apostel Simon
- Inventory number: R 26
- Credit line: Kunsthaus Zürich, The Ruzicka Foundation, 1949
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