Paintings of Jesus Christ

Jesus, Rubens

Long-lost Rubens painting depicting crucifixion of Jesus Christ sells for $2.7 million

A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold for $2.7 million at an auction Sunday in Versailles.

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Lost Painting of Jesus, Missing for 400 Years, Auctioned for Millions

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Lost Rubens painting of Jesus’ crucifixion auctioned for $2.7M — 400 years after it vanished

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A long-lost Rubens painting depicting Jesus' Crucifixion sells for $2.7 million

“So this is the one and only painting showing blood and water coming out of the side wound of Christ, and this is something that Rubens only painted once.”

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Long-lost Rubens 'masterpiece' sells for almost 3 mn euros

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Long-lost Rubens painting depicting crucifixion sells for $2.7M

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Rare painting was hidden for 400 years before selling for staggering price

According to the Associated Press, the piece depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was painted by Flemish Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens and hidden for more than four centuries. It sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction in Versailles on Sunday weeks after it was found in a private townhouse in Paris.

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Rembrandt's paintings of a realistic-looking Jesus focus of exhibit at Philadelphia Museum of Art

If you were painting the face of Jesus in Rembrandt’s time — the 17th century — you had three sources to turn to: the Veil of Veronica, the Mandylion of Edessa and the Lentulus Letters. The two faint facial images and the written description seemed ...