Death Appearing to a Wedded Couple from an Open Grave

1639

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a drawing of elegantly dressed figures and a skeleton. Two figures in elaborate garments stand in the foreground, one holding a flower. They are near a seated skeleton near a darkened hearth. The skeleton is holding a small object, and there is an ornate frame behind the figures. The drawing is linear with precise details created through etching or engraving techniques.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.9 x 7.9 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 11 x 8.1 cm (4 5/16 x 3 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7196

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 109, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Edward Astley (Lugt 2775); Bart (b.1729-d.1802); Pierre Remy (similar to Lugt 2173); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

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.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 174, state only.

Markings

Sir Edward Astley (Lugt 2775)

Wikidata ID

Q65024735

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