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Balaam and the Ass

painting by Rembrandt
VisualArtwork painting Q650086
Balaam and the Ass
Rembrandt · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Balaam and the Ass

Summary

Balaam and the Ass is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balaam and the Ass is the creator of Rembrandt[3].
  • Balaam and the Ass's religion is recorded as Christianity[4].
  • Balaam and the Ass is in the country of France[5].
  • Balaam and the Ass's instance of is recorded as painting[6].
  • Balaam and the Ass is owned by Alfonso Lopez[7].
  • Balaam and the Ass is owned by Jacques Goudstikker[8].
  • Balaam and the Ass is owned by Ernest Cognacq[9].
  • Balaam and the Ass is associated with the Dutch Golden Age painting movement[10].
  • Balaam and the Ass's genre is religious art[11].
  • Balaam and the Ass's depicts is recorded as angel[12].
  • Balaam and the Ass's depicts is recorded as Balaam's Ass[13].
  • Balaam and the Ass's depicts is recorded as Balaam[14].
  • Balaam and the Ass is made of oil paint[15].
  • Balaam and the Ass is made of oak panel[16].
  • Balaam and the Ass's collection is recorded as Musée Cognacq-Jay[17].
  • Balaam and the Ass's collection is recorded as Jacques Goudstikker collection[18].
  • Balaam and the Ass's inventory number is recorded as J 95[19].
  • Balaam and the Ass took place at Musée Cognacq-Jay[20].
  • Balaam and the Ass's Commons category is recorded as Balaam and his Ass (Rembrandt)[21].
  • Balaam and the Ass's catalog code is recorded as 26[22].
  • Balaam and the Ass's catalog code is recorded as 6[23].
  • Balaam and the Ass's catalog code is recorded as 10[24].
  • Balaam and the Ass's catalog code is recorded as 487[25].
  • Balaam and the Ass's catalog code is recorded as 1[26].
  • Balaam and the Ass's catalog code is recorded as 3[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Balaam and the Ass is the creator of Rembrandt[3].

Publication

Balaam and the Ass's genre is religious art[11].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Balaam's Ass[28] and Balaam[29]. Balaam and the Ass is associated with the Dutch Golden Age painting movement[10].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include oil paint[15] and oak panel[16]. The location of Balaam and the Ass was Musée Cognacq-Jay[20].

Why It Matters

Balaam and the Ass ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

Related Entities

France public domain Rembrandt

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . parismuseescollections.paris.fr. Retrieved . parismuseescollections.paris.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . garyschwartzarthistorian.nl. garyschwartzarthistorian.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . parismuseescollections.paris.fr. Retrieved . parismuseescollections.paris.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . parismuseescollections.paris.fr. Retrieved . parismuseescollections.paris.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . parismuseescollections.paris.fr. Retrieved . parismuseescollections.paris.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Creator → Rembrandt
    Location → Musée Cognacq-Jay
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