St Peter in penitence, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645

Title(s)

St Peter in penitence

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-179

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 225-1(1)
• Bartsch 96-1(1)
• Hollstein Dutch 96-1(1)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1645’
• inscription: ‘4 stu(?)’
• inscription: ‘f 25’

Artist

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

Dating

1645

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 131 mm × width 117 mm

What

• story of the denial of Peter (Matthew 26:58, 26:69-75; Mark 14:54, 14:66-72; Luke 22:55-62; John 18:15-18, 18:25-27)

Acquisition

purchase 1828

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 128, cat.nr. 225
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 96
• Selling prints to the Rijksmuseum in 1827 : Christiaan Josi and Cornelis Apostool, Erik Hinterding, Olenka Horbatsch
• Inger Helene Johnson, 'Reflections on The Denial of the Apostle Peter, from the 'Commodilla Master' to Rembrandt', Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab (1976), p. 22, fig. 16.