Christ before Pilate: large plate, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Title(s)

Christ before Pilate: large plate

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1199

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 155-4(5)
• Bartsch 77-4(5)
• Hollstein Dutch 77-4(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1636 cvm privilege’
• inscription: ‘Prince Beloselsky’Lugt 227 a
• inscription: ‘avant l'adresse d'Amsterdam’
• inscription: ‘achetée à Vienne 125.=’
• inscription: ‘J’
• inscription: ‘A D.o’
• collector's mark: ‘TP’Lugt 2451 a

Artist

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

Dating

1635

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 552 mm × width 450 mm

What

• Christ before Pontius Pilate (Matthew 27:11-26; Mark 15:2-15; Luke 23:2-7, 23:13-25; John 18:28 - 19:16)

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. 251, cat.nr. 155