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The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1654
Medium/Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.2 x 16.5 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 23 x 18 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 23 x 18 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo in honor of Clifford S. Ackley
Accession Number2003.115
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 083 only state; Hind 280 i/i
Marks
Verso upper left, in graphite pencil: 3 [? somewhat illegible]
Verso lower center, in graphite pencil: B. 83
Verso lower center, in graphite pencil: B. 83
InscriptionsSigned and dated in plate: Rembrandt . f 1654 (the 'a' in reverse)
ProvenanceC. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, catalogue 69 (1978), no. 43; Joseph R. Ritman (The Netherlands); Sotheby's and Artemis (New York and London, Ritman Catalogue no. 48); from whom purchased by Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA, 1999; by whom given to MFA, 26 March 2003.