Descent from the Cross by Torchlight, 1654

  • Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 3/8 inches (21 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 1/2 inches (21.3 × 16.5 cm)

Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith

62.70

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

1962-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 2020, p. 13.

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Descent from the Cross by Torchlight, 1654, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith, 62.70.