Descent from the Cross by Torchlight / Rembrandt van Rijn

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Accession Number: 1991/2.77
Title: Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Artist Nationality: Dutch
Artist Life Dates: 1606-1669
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint on laid paper
Object Creation Date: 1654
Object Creation Place: Europe (continent); Netherlands (nation)
Creation Place 1: Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2: Netherlands (nation)
Credit Line: Gift of Alice Berle Crawford
Dimensions: 26.5 cm x 17 cm (10 7/16 in. x 6 11/16 in.)
Century: 17th century
Primary Object Classification: Print
Primary Keywords: crucifixion (religious theme); graves; jesus christ; john; mary; night; torch
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; bible; buildings and the land; funerary structures; holy figures and saints; new testament; objects; religion; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; subject matter; themes (religious); time; tools
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 815 x 1063
File Size: 117 KB
Record: 1991/2.77
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1991-sl-2.77/1991_2.77.jpg

In public portfolios: 102 Prints (20); 463 Class Visit 10/9/14 (15); Death and dying (500); HA 463 Prints (20); Reister Visible Thinking (24); Royal Shakespeare Company Visit (32); Visual narrative (59)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1991-SL-2.77:1991_2.77.JPG

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Full citation: "Descent from the Cross by Torchlight; Rembrandt van Rijn." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1991-sl-2.77/1991_2.77.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.