The Entombment, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1654

Title(s)

The Entombment

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-41

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 284-1(4)
• Bartsch 86-1(4)
• Hollstein Dutch 86-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• mark: Lugt 2849?
• mark
• mark: Lugt 2100 b

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1654

Physical features

etching, printed on Japanese paper

Material

• Japanese paper (handmade paper)

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 209 mm × width 160 mm

What

• Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

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. 298
• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, p. 300
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 253, cat.nr. 284
• Rembrandt's faith : church and temple in the Dutch golden age, p. 306-307
• Rembrandt etchings from the Frits Lugt collection, Erik Hinterding, Frits Lugt, p. 188-191, cat.nr. 71
• Rembrandt's journey : painter, draftsman, etcher, p. 232-238, cat.nr. 155-157
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 86
• De etsen [uit de schenking De Bruijn], Karel Gerard Boon, p. 112, cat.nr. 77