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Rembrandt: The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis  wikidata:Q2234397 reasonator:Q2234397
Artist
Rembrandt  (1606–1669)  wikidata:Q5598 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn q:en:Rembrandt
 
Rembrandt
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 Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
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
artist QS:P170,Q5598
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: One of the painters commissioned to make a ‘Batavian’ painting for the new Amsterdam town hall was Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69). Rembrandt chose the moment of the oath of the Batavians in the sacred grove, as described by Tacitus, Histories IV, 14. Civilis, with crown and sword, is the main protagonist of the composition. Unlike his fellow painters, Rembrandt decided to depict Civilis with one blind eye, as some of the sources had described his appearance. In 1662 it was reportedly on display at the town hall, but shortly afterwards, it was removed from the building. The painting, originally measuring more than 5 by 5 metres, was reduced to about 2 by 3 metres, which incidentally makes Civilis`s blind eye more clearly visible.
Depicted people Gaius Julius Civilis Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 1661 and 1662
date QS:P571,+1661-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1661-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1662-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 196 cm (77.1 in); width: 309 cm (10.1 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,196U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,309U174728
institution QS:P195,Q842858
Accession number
NM 578
Object history after 2 February 1660
date QS:P,+1660-02-02T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1660-02-02T00:00:00Z/11
: commissioned by the city of Amsterdam
by July 1662
date QS:P,+1662-07-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1662-07-00T00:00:00Z/10
: Stadhuis, today Royal Palace of Amsterdam
by 24 September 1662
date QS:P,+1662-09-24T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1662-09-24T00:00:00Z/11
: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Amsterdam

1734: purchased by Nicolaas Kohl (1672-1751) at an anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
Unknown date: inherited by Sophia Grill (1682-1766)
Unknown date: inherited by Anna Johanna Grill (1745-1801), Sweden
1769: acquired by Henrik Wilhelm Peill (1730-1797), Sweden

by 1782
date QS:P,+1782-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1782-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, Stockholm
1864: transferred to the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Exhibition history

Amsterdam in den loop der eeuwen, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 3 July 1925–15 September 1925, cat. no.  455.
Rembrandt. Sextiosex bilder från utställningen i Nationaluseum, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 12 January 1956–15 April 1956, cat. no.  47.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 September 1969–30 November 1969, cat. no.  21.

Rembrandt och hans tid, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2 October 1992–6 January 1993, ISBN 91-7100-416-5, cat. no.  60.
References

Nationalmuseum, as The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis, 1662.
RKDimages, Art-work number 53694, as De samenzwering van de batavieren onder Claudius Civilis, 1661-1662 Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 00074953, as Die Verschwörung des Claudius Civilis, 1661

Web Gallery of Art, as The Conspiration of the Bataves, 1661-1662.
Source/Photographer Rembrandt
Other versions
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn - The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis - Google Art Project.jpg
File:Batavernastrohetsed.jpg
File:Rembrandt - The Conspiration of the Bataves - WGA19235.jpg
Version from www.wga.hu
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 046.jpg
Version from 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei

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