Descent from the Cross by Torchlight, 1654

  • Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669

Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 1/4 inches (21 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund

38.33

Signed and dated, in plate, lower left of image: Rembrandt. f. 1654

Stamp, in blue, verso: T. W. Waller Stamp, in black, verso: J. H. Wrenn

Inscribed, in ink, verso: G. J. Morant

G. J. Morant

T. W. Waller (London, England)

J. H. Wrenn (Chicago, Illinois, USA). 1938-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Impressions of Faith, Rembrandt's Biblical Etchings. Exh. cat., University of Michigan-Dearborn Library. Ann Arbor, February 10- February 23, 1989, no. 12 (ill.). From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 2020, p. 12.

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Descent from the Cross by Torchlight, 1654, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, 38.33.