The descent from the cross by torchlight, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Title(s)

The descent from the cross by torchlight

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-148

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 286-1(4)
• Bartsch 83
• Hollstein Dutch 83

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt. f 1654’

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 210 mm × width 161 mm

What

• descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of Christ detached)

Acquisition

unknown

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 245, cat.nr. 286
• Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch art : treasures from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, Ruud Priem, p. 96 met afb.
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 83