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Three Women and a Child
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Hundred Guilder Print
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Ecce Homo
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Ecce Homo

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Title

Christ Presented to the People

Year

1655

Artist

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Technique

Ink on Japanese paper/Dry-point

Dimensions

38,3 x 45,5 cm

Object number

RP-P-1962-121

Christus aan het volk getoond
Final state: Rembrandt was now pleased with the work and signed it above the right-hand palace entrance.
Christus aan het volk getoond
The print in its third state, still showing the crowd and the upper edge

Different Steps

Rembrandt put a great deal of work into the print. This is the third stateStatePrints are generally produced in a series of states. The first mpression of a print is known as the first state. If the illustration or text on the copperplate is changed the subsequent impression is referred to as the second state. Prints often exist in several different states., or version. He made eight different states of this print of which the last two are signed, indicating that he was then pleased with the work. In the later versions, Rembrandt made some significant changes. The most striking was the

removal of the crowd of people in the foreground. He took them out by burnishing the copper plate. In their place he added dark cellar vaults. This enabled him to isolate the central group from its surroundings, making the composition more dramatic.

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