The Head of Christ is a 1648 oil-on-panel painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt.

[1] There are multiple versions of Rembrandt's Head of Christ which are in the possession internationally of cultural institutions and individuals.

These heads in varying poses were possibly created as devotional objects.

It is one of the paintings that were in the large Rodolphe Kann collection purchased as a whole by Joseph Duveen and came into the collection via a bequest by Herr and Frau Martin Bromberg of Hamburg.

In the collection of Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, p. 72; bought as a whole in 1907 by the dealers Duveen Brothers.

It was included in the 2011 exhibition "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus" held in the museums of Detroit (DIA), Philadelphia (PMA) and Paris (Louvre) April 21, 2011 – February 12, 2012, cat.