Object number1941.1.96

The Descent from the Cross (The Second Plate)

Date1633

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

CultureDutch

MediumEtching and burin in black ink on cream laid paper

Editioniii/v

DimensionsImage: 20 5/8 x 16 1/8 in. (52.4 x 41 cm)
Matted: 28 x 22 1/16 in. (71.1 x 56 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg and her children

Period17th c

Classification(s)

SignedSigned: Rembrandt f. cum pryvl

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch/Hollstein 81 (II); Gersaint 84; Hind 103; Münz 198; Middleton 187; Biorklund 33-CBibliographyLimouze, Dorothy and Susan Kuretsky. The Felix M. Warburg Print Collection: A Legacy of Discernment. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 1995. Bartsch/Hollstein 81 (II); Gersaint 84 (II); Middleton 187; Hind 103; Münz 198; Biörklund 33-CProvenanceCollections: Felix M. and Frieda Warburg, New York

Vassar Exhibitions

Grand Gestures: Celebrating Rembrandt

Exhibition History"Master Printmakers: Rembrandt and His Contemporaries," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 9 April 1992 - 19 July 1992.

Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Grand Gestures: Celebrating Rembrandt", April 7-June 11, 2006

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