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The Raising of the Cross (L’élévation de la croix)

Carl Ernst Hess and Rembrandt van Rijn

The Raising of the Cross (L’élévation de la croix)

1772-1782

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The Raising of the Cross (L’élévation de la croix)

Carl Ernst Hess and Rembrandt van Rijn

The Raising of the Cross (L’élévation de la croix)

The Raising of the Cross (L’élévation de la croix)

1772-1782

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 400 x 277 mm. (15 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.) Plate: 338 x 237 mm. (13 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.) Image: 287 x 218 mm. (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2191
After the 1633 painting by Rembrandt in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, inv.no.394 (Bredius 548). This print is from a series of nine plates after Rembrandt paintings, "La Galerie Electorale de Düsseldorf" (Basel: 1778), all etched by Hess after paintings then in the collection of the Elector Palatine Karl Theodor in Düsseldorf. Most of these paintings are now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. There are four prints in the Garrett Collection from the series: 1946.112.2190, 1946.112.2191, 1946.112.2192, 1946.112.2193.

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Rembrandt pinxt."; below image, lower right, in plate "Hess f. aqua forti"; below image, across lower margin, in plate "L'ÉLÉVATION DE LA CROIX / gravé d'apres le Tableau original dans la Gallerie Electorale à Düsseldorf."; below image, lower left, in graphite diamond with "10197"; below image, lower right, in graphite "B" Verso: lower right in graphite "3/6"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Carl Ernst Hess

1754–1827

German, 1755-1828
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Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

1605–1668

Dutch, 1606-1669
Meet Rembrandt van Rijn
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