The Baptism of the Eunuch
Primary
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(Leiden, The Netherlands, 1606–Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1669)
NationalityDutch, Europe
Date1641
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 7 5/8 × 8 11/16 in. (19.3 × 22.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 7 3/16 × 8 5/16 in. (18.3 × 21.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 7 3/16 × 8 5/16 in. (18.3 × 21.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.2350
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.2350
On View
Not on viewThis etching renders the final scene from Acts 8:26-39. On the road from Jerusalem to Gaza, Saint Phillip met a chamberlain from the Ethiopian court. Moved by the apostle's explanation of scripture, the chamberlain converted to Christianity and asked to be baptized. This impression retains the extraordinary delicacy of Rembrandt's line.
Exhibitions
Reproduction after Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1631
