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REMBRANDT TRIVIA V

41) How did Rembrandt make Jesus different than the other figures in The Woman Taken in Adultery?


Rembrandt made Jesus appear taller than the other figures in the painting, symbolizing his moral superiority.

42) Which Rembrandt painting was cut in half by an unscrupulous art dealer?


The story of Rembrandt's Saul and David is murky until 1830, when it was sold to a Parisian duke. Sometime after that it was split down the middle -- possibly by an unscrupulous dealer who thought he'd make more money selling two paintings -- then eventually stitched back together.

43) What is the alternate title of Rembrandt's Syndics of the Drapers' Guild?


Rembrandt's Syndics of the Drapers' Guild, also known as The Sampling Officials, depicts a group of drapers elected to assess the quality of cloth that weavers offered for sale to members of their guild.

44) Rembrandt once said: "A painting is not made to be _______."


"A painting is not made to be sniffed."

45) Whose face is covered in Rembrandt's Abraham's Sacrifice?


Abraham cover's his son Isaac's face as he prepares to take his life.

46) Which of Rembrandt's paintings was stolen in 1990?


On the morning of March 18, 1990, thieves disguised as police officers broke into the the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts and stole The Storm on the Sea of Galilee and 12 other works. It is considered the biggest art theft in U.S. history and remains unsolved. The museum still displays the paintings' empty frames in their original locations.

47) Which of Rembrandt's paintings depicts two episodes from Ovid's Metamorphoses?


Diana Bathing with Her Nymphs depicts not one, but two episodes from Ovid's magnum opus. On the left, Actaeon is punished for seeing the goddess Diana naked by being turned into a stag and killed by his own hounds. On the right, Diana's other nymphs are tearing off Callisto's clothing to reveal how she has broken her vow of chastity and is now carrying Jupiter's child.

48) Which of the following is an actual painting by Rembrandt?


In Rembrandt's time, peacocks were a delicacy for the well-to-do: the meat was used as filling for pasties. After being slaughtered, the birds were hung upside down to drain their blood, as Rembrandt has depicted in Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl.

49) Rembrandt once said: "A painting is complete when it has the _____ of a god."


"A painting is complete when it has the shadows of a god."

50) Which of the following paintings was not always attributed to Rembrandt?


For a long time, the attribution of The Mill to Rembrandt was regarded as doubtful; it has been restored in recent years, although it is not universally accepted.

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