Jupiter and Antiope: smaller plate, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1631

Title(s)

Jupiter and Antiope: smaller plate

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1113

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 78-1(2)
• Bartsch 204-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 204-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• monogram: ‘RHL’
• mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1631

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 85 mm × width 114 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. I, p. 121, cat.nr. 78