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Christ appearing to the Apostles

Print
1656 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching depicting a man standing in the centre of a group of people with rays of lights around his head.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
print
Titles
  • Christ appearing to the Apostles (published title)
  • Christ appearing to the disciples (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Chinese Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Christ appearing to the Apostles'. Amsterdam, 1656.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man standing in the centre of a group of people with rays of lights around his head.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.8cm (trimmed to)
  • Width: 20.3cm (trimmed to)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
  • Rembrandt. 1656 (Lower centre)
  • With the marks of the collections of K.F.F von Nagler (1770-1846) (Lugt 2529); J.C.D. Hebich (1818-1891) (Lugt 1250) and the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (On the back)
  • SAMLUNG / HEBICH / HAMBURG (In oval stamp, verso base)
  • TILGUNGS STEMPEL KKC [with eagle emblem in middle] (In octagonal shaped stamp, verso base)
  • KUPFERSTICH SAMMLUNG DER KONIGL. MUSEEN [with coat of arms in middle] (In circular stamp, verso base)
  • vN (In blue, circular stamp, verso lower centre)
  • BN:89 / Belle spr. rare / N: 1040 (Pencil, verso, lower right)
  • 89B (Pencil, verso, lower centre)
  • HE / A: 22082 (Pecil, verso, lower left)
  • rare (Pencil, verso, lower centre)
  • H.E. (Pencil, verso, centre-left)
  • [illegible note '21. flbe'?] (Pencil, verso, lower centre)
  • rare (Pencil, lower centre)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Apostles
Jesus Christ
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), 237, p.103.
  • 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.668

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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