The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

Rembrandt1654

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Title: The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Date Created: 1654
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 22.2 x 17.2 cm (8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.); Platemark: 20.9 x 16.1 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Provenance: Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris, stamp (Lugt 119), verso, upper right, in black. purchased from (August Laube, Zurich)
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.77
Medium: etching and drypoint
Inscriptions: lower left, in plate: Rembrandt f. 1654['a' reversed] ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: Casimir Perier sale 11-98 ; lower left, in graphite: [\+ ; lower center, in pen and brown ink: 2[illegible character] ; lower center, in graphite: n° 83[s?]. ; lower center, in graphite: Vle F[m?] Didot. ; lower right, in graphite: B. 88. Cl. 87. ; lower right, in graphite: 36241
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1986.77

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