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Death appearing to a wedded couple from an open grave

Print
1639 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching depicting a man and woman standing in front of an open grave with a skeleton climbing out holding an hourglass.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Death
Object type
print
TitleDeath appearing to a wedded couple from an open grave (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Death appearing to a wedded couple from an open grave', late impression. Amsterdam, 1639.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man and woman standing in front of an open grave with a skeleton climbing out holding an hourglass.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 10.9cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Cut to width: 7.9cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f 1639 (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Death
Skeleton
Hourglasses
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797).
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated, (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.690

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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