M12900: The Descent from the Cross, by Torchlight
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M12900
- People
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
- Title
- The Descent from the Cross, by Torchlight
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1654
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/259969
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Etching and drypoint
- Dimensions
- plate: 21.1 x 16.3 cm (8 5/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, at lower edge of shroud: Rembrandt. f. 1654
- inscription: lower center, in shroud, brown ink: 541 [with illegible mark above]
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 12,900
- inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 83 I. / c. 20714
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/iv
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 286, Bartsch 83, Hind 280
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arnold Knapp
- Accession Year
- 1953
- Object Number
- M12900
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Rembrandt: A Selection of his Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 10/18/1984 - 12/11/1984
Verification Level
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