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Christ Crucfied Between Two Thieves: An Oval Plate

c. 1641

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)

Netherlands, 17th century

Etching and drypoint

Support: Cream(3) laid paper

Sheet: 14.8 x 11.6 cm (5 13/16 x 4 9/16 in.); Platemark: 13.6 x 10.1 cm (5 3/8 x 4 in.)

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1988.109

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 79 (XVIII.44); The New Hollstein 196

State: i/ii

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO, upper left, in graphite: [8?]1 ; lower left, in graphite; B. 79 ; lower left, in graphite: B. 48[crossed out] ; lower right, in graphite: 13B d/71

Provenance
George Hibbert (1757-1837), London, stamp (Lugt 2849), lower center, in black. ?D. G. de Arozarena (died c. 1860), South America and Paris. Friedrich Schindler (died c. 1913), Lindau, Germany, stamp (Lugt 2351), verso, lower center, in purple. S. S. Rosenstamm (1860-c. 1919), New York, stamp (Lugt 2839), verso, lower center, in black, sale: American Art Association, New York, Jan. 27, 1920, lot 77. Cortland Field Bishop (1870-1935), New York and Lenox, MA, stamp (Lugt 2770b), verso, lower right, in purple, sale: American Art Association, New York, Nov. 19, 1935, lot 41. Unidentified collector, stamp (not in Lugt), verso, lower center, in black. purchased from (Paul McCarron, New York)
Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.109