The Entombment, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1654

Title(s)

The Entombment

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-151

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 284-1(4)
• Bartsch 86-1(4)
• Hollstein Dutch 86-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

c. 1654

Physical features

etching, printed on Chinese paper

Material

• China paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 211 mm × width 161 mm

What

• Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 241, cat.nr. 284
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 86
• Rembrandt : the quest for chiaroscuro, Akira Kofuku, p. 180, cat.nr. 59