Keywords: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 061.jpg Artwork Q11710021 Creator Rembrandt One of two surviving painting of a series of seven by Rembrandt Guercino Matia Preti Salvator Rosa and Giacinto Brandi Parts were removed from all four sides as a result of fire damage following an earthquake that struck Antonio Ruffo's palace in Messina in 1783 Only two fingers remained of the pupils that were present in the complete painting 1663 Ucfirst Oil on canvas cm 107 82 Institution Mauritshuis accession number 584 object history commission Don Antonio Ruffo principe della Scaletta 1610/1611-1678 Messina ProvenanceEvent 1678 inheritance Alfonsina Gotho -1689 Messina inheritance Don Placido Ruffo principe della Scaletta 1646-1710 Messina ~ 1680 -1739 Messina inheritance Don Calogero Ruffo principe della Scaletta Messina ProvenanceEvent 1750 inheritance Don Giovanni Ruffo e la Rocca principe della Scaletta Messina ProvenanceEvent 1756 inheritance Antonio Ruffo -1778 Messina by 1783 Giovanni Ruffo Messina ProvenanceEvent 1810-02-17 anonymous sale Christie's London A schoolmaster with his pupil 117 £32 11s by 1824 Sir Abraham Hume 1749-1838 Ashridge Hertfordshire i18n/as Homer Dictating his poems by 1885 S T Smith art dealer London by 1894 T Humphrey Ward Son art dealer London ProvenanceEvent 1894 acquisition Abraham Bredius 1855-1946 The Hague - 1894 1946 loan LangSwitch el die the el au het Mauritshuis The Hague Abraham Bredius The Hague ProvenanceEvent 1946 bequest LangSwitch die the au het Mauritshuis The Hague Abraham Bredius The Hague credit line Rembrandt f 1663 signature and date top right la Anonymous homerus-584 LangSwitch Homer Homerus cm 107 82 Anonymous 2939 LangSwitch Homer Homerus cm 107 82 Anonymous http //www rembrandtdatabase org/Rembrandt/painting/2939/homer The Rembrandt Database i18n/as Homer cm 107 82 Anonymous 20186201 Homer Size cm 108 82 4 Mauritshuis museum catalog 29 LangSwitch Homer Homerus exhibition history De Rembrandt Tentoonstelling te Amsterdam 117 Bredius Rembrandt en het Mauritshuis 13 Liefde list en lijden 33 Een zomer met Rembrandt 2006 6 26 � 2006 9 24 Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis The Hague Meesters uit het Mauritshuis Zes eeuwen kunst onder een dak 2012 4 28 � 2014 6 30 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag The Hague Unknown Rembrandt Homer Dictating his Verses jpg Version from www geheugenvannederland nl Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn 061 black and white jpg Version in black and white from mus cat c 1900 place of creation Amsterdam PD-old-100 ImageNote 1 4 316 303 98 2024 2673 2 LangSwitch Traces of signature and date Resten van signatuur en datum andt f 1663 ImageNoteEnd 1 Homer on paintings Baroque portraits of men Paintings by Rembrandt in the Mauritshuis 1663 1663 paintings History paintings by Rembrandt 1663 Homer Antonio Ruffo |