House of Gold

The Crossed Hands

REMBRANDT-09 · Figurine

The figure

An old man with one hand raised over two kneeling boys, one in gold and one in brown

Black marble · Brass plaque · Not a reproduction

The object

He stands in a brown robe with a fur collar, one hand raised, the other lowered. Two boys kneel. One is in gold. One is in brown, with a red cloth. The plaque reads The Crossed Hands.

The blessing is the raised hand. The two boys are not interchangeable. The gold one is on his right as you look, the brown one on his left.

The base is black marble with gold veins. The plaque is brass. The figure leaves the plate. It does not leave the museum, and it is not a toy.

The plate

Plate 09 of House of Gold. After Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, GK 249, 1656. The museum page for the painting does not open as a single work.

The bed of the painting is not on the base. The group is.

The painting stays in the museum. This object is the plate, standing.

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