The interest penny (Rubens)
Der Zinsgroschen (English The tribute money ) is an oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens from around 1612/1614. It is located in the Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco .
description
The painting is 144.1 cm × 189.9 cm. It depicts a scene from the New Testament dialogue on the interest penny ( Mt 22.15–22 LUT , Mk 12.13–17 LUT , Lk 20.20–26 LUT ) when Jesus answered the Pharisees' question as to whether the Roman emperor would pay taxes to be paid, points to a coin with the image of the emperor and says: Give the emperor what is the emperor, and God what is God. Rubens illustrates the word by having Jesus point with his right hand to the picture of the emperor and with his left to heaven.
history
The painting was created around 1612/14. In 1823 it was possibly in Königsberg / Pr. In 1944 it was given to the Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco by the MH de Young Art Trust Fund .
Copies
There are a few copies of the painting, with minor or major differences in details, some of which are reversed. It was also used as a motif for pottery.
Web links
- Peter Paul Rubens: The tribute money Fine Art Museum
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Menzel: Christian symbolism. Volume 2. Mainz, Regensburg 1854. S. 572 wikisource ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Peter Paul Rubens: The tribute money Fine Art Museum
- ↑ Copy (43 cm x 48.5 cm) Artnet, relatively similar, altered representation of Jesus' face and green instead of red headgear for the second Pharisee from the left
- ↑ Copy (57 cm x 84.5 cm) Hargesheim Art Auctions
- ↑ Motif on cup from around 1840
