Jupiter and Antiope: the larger plate, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1659

Title(s)

Jupiter and Antiope: the larger plate

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1111

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 311-2(3)
• Bartsch 203-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 203-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1659’
• mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘C.13258’

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1659

Material

• Japanese paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 140 mm × width 202 mm

What

• Jupiter, disguised as a satyr, approaches the sleeping Antiope; the eagle may be standing nearby

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. 300, cat.nr. 311