The Virgin and Child in the clouds, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Title(s)

The Virgin and Child in the clouds

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-37

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 188-1(2)
• Bartsch 61-1(1)
• Hollstein Dutch 61-1(1)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1641’
• collector's mark: Lugt 149
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1641

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 168 mm × width 105 mm

What

• Madonna (i.e. Mary with the Christ-child) in the air, or on the clouds

Credit line

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

Acquisition

bequest 1962

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 64, cat.nr. 188
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 61