The presentation in the temple: oblong print, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1640

Title(s)

The presentation in the temple: oblong print

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1010

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 184-2(5)
• Bartsch 49-2(3)
  Remark: 2(4)
• Hollstein Dutch 49-2(3)
  Remark: 2(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2133
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 787

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1640

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 215 mm × width 292 mm

What

• Simeon, holding the Christ-child, sings his canticle: 'Nunc dimittis'

Credit line

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

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Gedrukt tot Amsterdam : Amsterdamse prentmakers en -uitgevers in de gouden eeuw, p. 164-200, afb. 18
• Rembrandt in perspectief : de veranderende visie op de meester en zijn werk, p. 113, afb. 4.11
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 57, cat.nr. 184
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 49