The triumph of Mordecai, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1641

Title(s)

The triumph of Mordecai

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-16

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 185-3(4)
• Bartsch 40-1(1)
• Hollstein Dutch 40-1(1)

Inscriptions / marks

• mark: Lugt 2228
• mark: Lugt 1938

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1641

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 175 mm × width 215 mm

What

• Mordecai's triumph: Mordecai, mounted on the king's horse, is led through the city by Haman (Esther and Ahasuerus may be looking on from the palace)

Credit line

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

Acquisition

bequest 1962

Copyright

Public domain

• Gedrukt tot Amsterdam : Amsterdamse prentmakers en -uitgevers in de gouden eeuw, p. 164-200, afb. 19
• Salom Italia's Esther scrolls and the Dutch Golden Age, Sharon Assaf, Emily D. Bilski, p. 37, fig 18
• Rembrandt in perspectief : de veranderende visie op de meester en zijn werk, p. 114, afb. 4.12
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 59, cat.nr. 185
• Rembrandt and the Golden Age : highlights from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, cat.nr. 39
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 40