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The raising of Lazarus: small plate

Print
1642 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching depicting a man standing with left arm out stretched in front of tomb from which a man is emerging. There is a crowd of people around the tomb.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
print
TitleThe raising of Lazarus: small plate (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'The raising of Lazarus: small plate', first state. Amsterdam, 1642.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man standing with left arm out stretched in front of tomb from which a man is emerging. There is a crowd of people around the tomb.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 11.4cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f 1642 (2 reversed) (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Tombs
Saint Lazarus of Bethany
Jesus Christ
Associated objects
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), B.72.
  • 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.640

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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