About the Artwork
Death of the Virgin
1639
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
1606-1669
Dutch
Unknown
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 16 1/8 × 12 1/4 inches (41 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 17 × 13 1/8 inches (43.2 × 33.3 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S959
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, lower left of image: Rembrandt f. 1639.
Inscribed, in pencil within plate mark, lower left: B. 99 Inscribed, lower left corner of sheet: SC-959 Inscribed, center bottom edge: 327. Inscribed, in brown ink, verso: [illegible abbreviations]
Watermark, upper center of sheet: [large heraldic device]
Provenance
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Impressions of Faith, Rembrandt's Biblical Etchings. Exh. cat., University of Michigan-Dearborn Library. Ann Arbor, February 10- February 23, 1989, no. 5 (ill.).
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Death of the Virgin, 1639, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S959.
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