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Rembrandt van Rijn

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves (The Three Crosses), 1653

Not on View

Medium

drypoint and burin on vellum

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Accession Number

1949.1.50

Artists / Makers

Rembrandt van Rijn (artist) Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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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.

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.

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