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The Stoning of St. Stephen

Print
1635 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching depicting a man kneeling on the ground with two men standing over him with stones in their hands raised above their heads. There are several figures behind them on the left, with one of them bending over to pick up a stone. On the right is the walls of a town with a crowd below.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
print
TitleThe Stoning of St. Stephen (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'The Stoning of St Stephen', first state. Amsterdam, 1635.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man kneeling on the ground with two men standing over him with stones in their hands raised above their heads. There are several figures behind them on the left, with one of them bending over to pick up a stone. On the right is the walls of a town with a crowd below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm (Note: Taken from EID Register 1941-1942)
  • Width: 8.6cm (Note: Taken from EID Register 1941-1942)
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt.f.1635 (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Given by the Reverend Francis Palgrave and Miss Annora Palgrave
Subject depicted
Saint Stephen
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).
  • Charles H. Middleton. Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Rembrandt van Ryn. (London, 1878).
  • D. Rovinski. L'Oeuvre gravé de Rembrandt. (St. Petersburg, 1890).
  • 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).
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1942, London: HMSO, 1955.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.11-1942

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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