Christ Crucified between the two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses', Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653

Title(s)

Christ Crucified between the two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1195A

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 274-1(5)
• Bartsch 78-1(5)
• Hollstein Dutch 78-1(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• mark: Lugt 1700
• mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1653

Material

• parchment (animal material)

Technique

drypoint / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 380 mm × width 440 mm

What

• the crucifixion of Christ: prelude to Christ's death on the cross (Matthew 27:34-44; Mark 15:23-32; Luke 23:33-43; John 19:18-24)

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Gedrukt tot Amsterdam : Amsterdamse prentmakers en -uitgevers in de gouden eeuw, p. 164-200, vgl. afb. 26
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 222, cat.nr. 274
• Over de schoonheid van precisie : een fascinerende kijk op boekkunst en grafiek met de Liberna Collection, p. 79, afb. 7