Jupiter and Antiope: smaller plate, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1631

Title(s)

Jupiter and Antiope: smaller plate

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-436

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 78-1(2)
• Bartsch 204-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 204-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• monogram: ‘RHL’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1631

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 85 mm × width 113 mm

What

• Jupiter, disguised as a satyr, approaches the sleeping Antiope; the eagle may be standing nearby

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 121, cat.nr. 78