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''Homer Dictating his Verses'' is a 1663 oil-on-canvas painting by
''Homer Dictating his Verses'' is a 1663 oil-on-canvas painting by Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...
, signed and dated by the artist. It is now in the Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis (; en, Maurice House) is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Vermeer ...
, to which it was bequeathed in 1946 by Abraham Bredius
Dr. Abraham Bredius (18 April 1855 in Amsterdam – 13 March 1946 in Monaco) was a Dutch art collector, art historian, and museum curator.
Life
Bredius travelled widely, visiting various art collections in his youth, and worked at the Dutch Mus ...
, who had loaned it to the museum since 1894, when he first bought it in London.
With ''Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
''Aristotle with a Bust of Homer'' ( nl, Aristoteles bij de buste van Homerus), also known as ''Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer'', is an oil-on-canvas painting by Rembrandt that depicts Aristotle wearing a gold chain and contemplating a ...
'' (1653) and a lost ''Alexander the Great'' (1663), it was one of three works commissioned from the artist by the Sicilian nobleman Antonio Ruffo
Antonio Ruffo (1610 or 1611 - 16 June 1678) was an important Sicilian politician, nobleman, patron and collector from the Ruffo di Calabria family. He was probably born in Castle Bagnara or Messina and died in Messina.
His collections included ...
and remained in his family's collection until around 1750. It is next recorded at a Christie's
Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, at Rockefeller Center in New York City and at Alexandra House in Hong Kong. It is ...
auction in London on 16 February 1810 as ''A School Master with His Pupil''.
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