Descent from the Cross

1738

John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

John Baptist Jackson, after Rembrandt van Rijn

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in yellow, gray, and two shades of brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 48 x 31.1 cm (18 7/8 x 12 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.523

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 13

Inscriptions

lower left in image: Rembrandt pinxit, alt. p. 1 lat. unc x. Extat Venetiis in domo J: Smith.; lower right in image: J: B: Jackson figuras juxta Archetypum Sculp & excudit. 1738; across bottom of block: Acceperunt ergo Corpus JESU... / ...S. Joan Cap. XIX Ver. XI. / ...Perillustri ac Praeclaro VIRO D. JOSEPHO Smith... / ...J: B: Jackson

Wikidata ID

Q76557094

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