It shows Christ with a beard and long dark hair.

[1] Rembrandt created several similar heads in varying poses, possibly as devotional objects.

Long dark curls and a thin full beard.

In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," vii.

In 2004, dendrochronological analysis determined that the source of the oak panel—both the original from the seventeenth century—and the main one came from the Baltic/Polish regions.

[3] 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) from April 21, 2011 – to February 12, 2012, no.