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The raising of Lazarus: small plate

Print
1770 (published)
Artist/Maker
Smith, John (printmaker)
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Boydell, John (published by)
Place of origin
London (published)

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
Copies and Facsimiles
Object type
print
Titles
  • The raising of Lazarus: small plate (published title)
  • A Collection of Fifty-Three Prints, consisting of Etchings and Engravings by those ingenious artists Messrs. George and John Smith of Chichester, After thier own Paintings and other Masters (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by John Smith, 'The raising of Lazarus: small plate', copy in reverse, after a work by Rembrandt, from a volume comprising a collection of etchings and engravings by George and John Smith of Chichester, London, 1770
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
  • Print height: 14.8cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Print width: 11.3cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Volume height: 37cm
  • Volume width: 29.5cm
Production typeCopy
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f.1642 (Signed in reverse)
Subjects depicted
Tombs
Saint Lazarus of Bethany
Jesus Christ
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • 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).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4993-1903

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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