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Rembrandt van Rijn

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves (The Three Crosses), 1653

Not on View

Medium

drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to platemark): 38.9 × 45.5 cm (15 5/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

White/Boon 1969, no. 78, State iii/v

Accession Number

1943.3.9115

Artists / Makers

Rembrandt van Rijn (artist) Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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Inscription

recto: in plate, at bottom center: Rembrandt. f. 1653.

Provenance

Johann Andreas Boerner; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased at the Boerner Sale (lot #593) 1929; given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Boerner, Johann Andreas
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1930: Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

1930: Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932: Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1935: Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings by Rembrandt and his Circle, Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1935-1936, no. 96, repro.

1982: Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 82, repro.

1987: Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

2001: The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, as The Three Crosses, repro.

2004: The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.

2006: Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923: Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969: White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.