Head of Christ, Oil on canvas, 16 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (42. 5 x 34. 3 cm) ; with added strips 18 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. (47. 3 x 37. 1 cm), Paintings, Style of Rembrandt (Dutch, 1650s), Rembrandt painted this subject a number of times; three examples, one described as 'Een Christus tonie nae't leven' ('a head of Christ done from life, ' that is, from a model probably found in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam), were cited in the 1656 inventory of the artist's possessions