The Entombment

Rembrandtc. 1654

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Title: The Entombment
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Date Created: c. 1654
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 21.8 x 16.8 cm (8 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.); Platemark: 21.1 x 16 cm (8 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Provenance: Gordon W. Nowell-Usticke [according to Ruth-Maria Muthmann]; sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 30-May 1, 1968, lot 315 [according to sales catalogue purchased from Harlow, Keppel and Co.]. (C.G. Boerner, Inc., Düsseldorf); sold to private collector, Germany [according to Ruth-Maria Muthmann]; purchased from (C.G. Boerner, Inc., Düsseldorf)
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.5
Medium: etching, drypoint and engraving with surface tone
State of work: iv/iv
Inscriptions: VERSO, lower center, in graphite: W 91 ; lower left, in graphite: 50279 ; lower center, in graphite: B 86. ; lower right, in graphite: 21 · 11 · 6 ; lower right, in pen and brown ink: 87 ; lower right, in graphite: NS11- ; lower right, in graphite: Py[sor?] ; lower right, in graphite: Nlnli
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1992.5

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