Rembrandt

The Descent from the Cross



Rembrandt - The Descent from the Cross



Rembrandt
The Descent from the Cross
1633
530 x 410 mm
Etching

Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Bartsch 81/II

Literature
Gary Schwartz, Rembrandt zijn leven, zijn schilderijen, Maarssen, 1984, fig. 102
Thijs Weststeijn, The visible world, Amsterdam, 2008, fig. 84


Iconclass

73D71 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)

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