The Entombment, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1654

Title(s)

The Entombment

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-42

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 284-2(4)
• Bartsch 86-2(4)
• Hollstein Dutch 86-2(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• mark: ‘MarchEnokt1818x96’Lugt 810-811
• inscription: ‘C. 19055’
• inscription: ‘WK (als monogram)’Lugt 2647 a
• mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1654

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 210 mm × width 161 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

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 241, cat.nr. 284
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 86