Christ Returning from the Temple with his Parents, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Title(s)

Christ Returning from the Temple with his Parents
Christ returning from the temple with his parents

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-32

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 276-1(1)
• Bartsch 60-1(1)
• Hollstein Dutch 60-1(1)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1654’
• mark: Lugt 2228
• mark: Lugt 402
• inscription: ‘C. 17855’
• mark: Lugt 3020-3023

Artist

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

Dating

1654

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 94 mm × width 144 mm

What

• Christ returning with his parents

Credit line

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

Acquisition

bequest 1962

Copyright

Public domain

• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, p. 188; p. 298, cat.nr. 89
• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, p. 188; p. 299, cat.nr. 89
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 227, cat.nr. 276
• Rembrandt's faith : church and temple in the Dutch golden age, p. 241-242
• Rembrandt etchings from the Frits Lugt collection, Erik Hinterding, Frits Lugt, p. 129-130, cat.nr. 46
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 60