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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight1654 (later printing)

Not on view
Etching depicting multiple figures lowering a pale, shrouded body from a large wooden cross against a dark, heavily crosshatched background

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight, 1654 (later printing), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Mary B. Regan, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Northern Netherlands, 1606-1669
Title
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1654 (later printing)
Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 in. (21.59 × 16.83 cm) Image: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (21.27 × 16.19 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Mary B. Regan
Accession Number
31.21.29
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Curatorial Notes
New Hollstein 286, state iii/iv
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.