Christ crucified between two thieves: 'The three crosses'
Print
ca. 1660 (made)
ca. 1660 (made)
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About 1660 Rembrandt made extensive changes to this major plate, fundamentally altering large parts of the composition and increasing the darkness and drama of the scene. In this richly-worked fourth state he introduced the dominant figure of a mounted soldier derived from a Renaissance medal by Pisanello. This detail would have appealed to C. A. Ionides, who bequeathed the print to the V&A, who was collecting such medals (either as originals or facsimiles) around the time he acquired this print.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Drypoint |
| Brief description | Drypoint and burin by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Christ crucified between two thieves: 'The three crosses', fourth state. Amsterdam, ca. 1660. |
| Physical description | Drypoint and burin depicting three men on crosses, the one in the centre is bathed in rays of light. There are a crowd of people gathered around the crosses and on the left, there are two men on horses. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by C. A. Ionides |
| Object history | Begun in 1653 and reworked in the 1660s. Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides, 1900. Purchased by Ionides from Goupil for £25, before 1881. |
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| Summary | About 1660 Rembrandt made extensive changes to this major plate, fundamentally altering large parts of the composition and increasing the darkness and drama of the scene. In this richly-worked fourth state he introduced the dominant figure of a mounted soldier derived from a Renaissance medal by Pisanello. This detail would have appealed to C. A. Ionides, who bequeathed the print to the V&A, who was collecting such medals (either as originals or facsimiles) around the time he acquired this print. |
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| Accession number | CAI.637 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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