The descent from the cross by torchlight, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Title(s)

The descent from the cross by torchlight

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1987-181

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 286-3(4)
• Bartsch 83-1(1)
  Remark: 1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 83-1(1)
  Remark: 1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt. f 1654’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228 a
• collector's mark: Lugt 1134

Artist

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

Dating

1654

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 207 mm × width 162 mm

What

• descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of Christ detached)

Credit line

• J. Wyss Bequest, Hartford

Acquisition

bequest 1987

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt, dl. II, p. 245, cat.nr. 286
• Rembrandt van Rijn, Christopher White, cat.nr. 83
• Bij een aanwinst. De tweede staat van Rembrandts ets De aanbidding der herders: een nachtstuk, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p. 171
• Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum 1987, p. 34.