Descent from the Cross, 1738

Not on View

Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Kainen 1962, no. 13

Accession Number

2012.92.523

Artists / Makers

John Baptist Jackson (artist) British, 1701 - 1780

Rembrandt van Rijn (artist after) Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Mulder, Frederick, Mr.

Bibliography

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