The circumcision, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1625

Title(s)

The circumcision

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1011

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 1-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 398-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘Rembrandt fecit’
• address: ‘I. P. Berendrecht, ex’
• mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn
• publisher: Johannes Pietersz. Berendrecht (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1625

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 211 mm × width 165 mm

What

• circumcision of the Christ-child by the priest in the temple (Luke 2:21)

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. 1
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 3, cat.nr. 1
• Kritisches Verzeichnis der Radierungen Rembrandts, zugleich eine Anleitung zu deren Studium, Woldemar von Seidlitz, cat.nr. 398-2(2)