Dominique Vivant Denon and Rembrandt van Rijn
The Death of the Virgin
1782
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (cut within platemark): 395 x 312 mm. (15 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Image: 387 x 306 mm. (15 1/4 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.7843
A reverse copy of Rembrandt's print "The Death of the Virgin" of 1639.
Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth-Century France
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, at lower left: "Rembrandt f. 1639"; in plate, at lower right: "Dn. / 1783" Verso: lower right in graphite diamond with "11022"
Markings: CM: Claghorn WM: large crowned shield with "bs"
