Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves (The Three Crosses)

1653

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.2 x 42.8 cm (14 5/8 x 16 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 37.8 x 44.1 cm (14 7/8 x 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.1.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 78, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John MacGowan [died 1803], Edinburgh (Lugt 1496); (Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1930 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871 - 1948], New York; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 49a, 52-53, repro.

  • Rembrandt: Experimental Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY, 1969-1970, no. 55, repro.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, as The Three Crosses, repro.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1992

  • National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, D.C., 1992: 320, repro.

Inscriptions

none

Markings

recto: none; verso: John MacGowan (Lugt 1496)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q60761193

You may be interested in

Loading Results