Identification title(s): the descent from the cross by torchlight. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-148. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 286-1(4). Bartsch 83. Hollstein dutch 83. Inscriptions / marks: signature and date, bottom left on cloth: 'rembrandt. F 1654'. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: rembrandt van rijn (signed by himself), after his own design by: rembrandt van rijn. Dated: 1654. Physical characteristics: drypoint. Material: paper technique: etching / drypoint. Dimensions: h 210 mm × w 161 mm. Subject: what: descent from the cross: christ is taken down from the cross, usually by nicodemus and joseph of arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of christ detached). Documentation. Rembrandt and the golden age of dutch art: treasures from the rijksmuseum amsterdam, penelope hunter-stiebel, ruud priem, p. 96 with images: dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat. No. 83. D. Acquisition and rights: copyright: public domain. Date: 1654.
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