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-OB-148

Catalogue reference

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

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt. f 1654’

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 210 mm × width 161 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)

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 245, cat.nr. 286
• Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch art : treasures from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, Ruud Priem, p. 96 met afb.
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 83