Christ crucified between the two thieves: an oval plate, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1641

Title(s)

Christ crucified between the two thieves: an oval plate

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1030

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 196-1(3)
• Bartsch 79-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 79-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: ‘Remy 1745’Lugt 2173
• collector's mark: Lugt 439

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1641

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 135 mm × width 101 mm

What

• the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha (Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38)

Credit line

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

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 79, cat.nr. 196
• Drawings by Rembrandt and his pupils : telling the difference : Ferdinand Bol, Willem Drost, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout ... [et al.], p. 107
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 79
• De etsen [uit de schenking De Bruijn], Karel Gerard Boon, p. 110-111, cat.nr. 61