Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Bredius 584
Bauch 84
Bredius/Gerson 584
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler IV, Landau/Pfalz, 1989, nr. 1972 (as Anonymous School of Rembrandt)
Giltaij 626 (pupil of Rembrandt)

Collection catalogues
Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century, Washington; New York and Oxford, 1995, pp. 300-309 (as Rembrandt Workshop possibly Constantijn van Renesse)
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 366 (as Rembrandt)

Exhibitions

2011 Rembrandt in America, Nr. 43

Provenance

with Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague, 1921
inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, after purchase by funds of the Estate
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1942
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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)

External links

RKD 52821
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1942.9.61

Other works by Rembrandt

Bust of an Old Woman
1630

Head of a Man with Curly Hair and Beard
c. 1645-50

Interior with a window and a winding staircase
1632

Self-portrait
c. 1630

Portrait of a Man Holding Gloves
1648