Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
Primary
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(Leiden, The Netherlands, 1606–Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1669)
NationalityDutch, Europe
Date1654
MediumEtching with drypoint
DimensionsSheet: 8 3/8 × 6 1/2 in. (21.3 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, University Purchase, P1961.11
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object numberP1961.11
On View
Not on viewIn this impression, the shadows are wearing thin and the contrasts are becoming stark. It retains little of the character of printing or the profundity of expression seen in the collection's extremely early impression of the same subject.
Exhibitions
Reproduction after Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1631
