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Rembrandt van Rijn

The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

1653

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The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

1653

Physical Qualities Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 217 x 170 mm. (8 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.) Plate: 210 x 161 mm. (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.7821
As documented in New Hollstein, the reworking of the plate in the 3rd state is not by the hand of Rembrandt. The changes to the plate are most noticeable in the shadows.

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left. in plate "Rembrandt. f 1684" Verso: center in graphite "234"; lower left in graphite indecipherable

Markings: CM: Henry Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309) WM: unidentified, letters "DG"

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

1605–1668

Dutch, 1606-1669
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Johannes Pieter de Frey and Rembrandt van Rijn
The Staalmeesters
1798
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS
Jacques de Gheyn II and Karel van Mander I
The Descent from the Cross
1590–1600
SELF-PORTRAIT IN A FUR CAP: BUST
Rembrandt van Rijn
Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap: Bust
1629
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS
Jan Harmensz. Muller, Lucas van Leyden, and others
The Descent from the Cross
1609–1619
PORTRAIT OF LIEVEN WILLEMSZ. VAN COPPENOL
Pierre-François Basan and Rembrandt van Rijn
Portrait of Lieven Willemsz. van Coppenol
1699–1798
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS
Bartolommeo da Brescia
The Descent from the Cross
1525–1577
Jakob Houbraken and Rembrandt van Rijn
Frans Banning Cocq
1778
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS
Lucas Kilian and Joseph Heintz I
The Descent from the Cross
1607
PORTRAIT D'UN JEUNE HOMME
James S. King and Rembrandt van Rijn
Portrait d'un jeune homme
1871–1887
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS: A SKETCH
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Descent from the Cross: A Sketch
1641
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A THEOLOGIAN, TURNED TO LEFT
Thomas Worlidge and Rembrandt van Rijn
Half Length Portrait of a Theologian, Turned to Left
1719–1765
The Descent from the Cross
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich and Titian
The Descent from the Cross
1731–1773