The Entombment, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1654

Title(s)

The Entombment

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-44

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 284-4(4)
• Bartsch 86-4(4)
• Hollstein Dutch 86-4(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2715 a

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1654

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 210 mm × width 160 mm

What

• Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Credit line

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

Acquisition

bequest 1962

Copyright

Public domain

• Late Rembrandt, p. 298
• Late Rembrandt, p. 300
• Rembrandt, dl. II, p. 242, cat.nr. 284
• Rembrandt's faith: church and temple in the Dutch golden age, Shelley Karen Perlove, p. 306-307
• Rembrandt etchings from the Frits Lugt collection, Erik Hinterding, p. 188-191, cat.nr. 71
• Rembrandt's journey: painter, draftsman, etcher, Clifford S. Ackley, p. 232-238, cat.nr. 155-157
• Rembrandt van Rijn, Christopher White, cat.nr. 86