The beheading of St John the Baptist, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1850 - 1906

Title(s)

The beheading of St John the Baptist

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-322

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 183-3(3)
  Remark: modern
• Bartsch 92
  Remark: modern
• Hollstein Dutch 92
  Remark: modern

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1640’
• inscription: ‘Coppier’

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn
• publisher: Michel Bernard en Alvin-Beaumont (possibly)

Dating

1640 and/or 1850 - 1906

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 126 mm × width 102 mm

What

• the beheading of John the Baptist

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 55, cat.nr. 183