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-1961-1112

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
• mark: ‘S.C. in een ovaal met de letters BRITISH MUSEUM DUPLICATE’Lugt 305
• mark: Lugt 301

Artist

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

Dating

1659

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 139 mm × width 205 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

• Voyeurismus in der Kunst, Peter Springer, p. 85, cat.nr. 63
• Rembrandt the printmaker, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, Martin Royalton-Kisch, Marijn Schapelhouman, Peter Schatborn, Ernst van de Wetering, p. 90
• Rubens and his Legacy, Arturo Galansino, Nico Van Hout, Katia Pisvin, p. 159, cat.nr. 72
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 300, cat.nr. 311
• Das Sichtbare und das Unsichtbare : zur holländischen Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, p. 149-150, 154-155, cat.nr. 76
• Rembrandt's journey : painter, draftsman, etcher, cat.nr. 98