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Summary

anonymous: The Descent from the Cross

Artist



Alternative names	Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death	15 July 1606	4 October 1669
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file	: Q5598 VIAF: 64013650 ISNI: 0000000121363802 ULAN: 500011051 LCCN: n79142935 NLA: 35139809 WorldCat

Title

Descent from the Cross

Part of

Passion (4 paintings to Descent from the Cross)

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

Descent from the Cross

Depicted people

Jesus

Date

1634

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 158 cm (62.2 in); width: 117 cm (46 in)

Collection

Hermitage Museum

	Native name	Государственный Эрмитаж
	Location	Saint Petersburg
	Coordinates	59° 56′ 26″ N, 30° 18′ 49″ E
	Established	1764
	Website	hermitagemuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q132783 VIAF: 128956287 ISNI: 000000041800742X LCCN: n79100241 NLA: 35139924 OSM: 8092294 WorldCat

Current location

The New Hermitage, room 254

Accession number

ГЭ-753

Place of creation

Netherlands

Object history

by 1693: Valerius Röver sr. (....-1693), Delft

1709: inherited by Mathijs Röver (....-1725) and Valerius Röver jr. (1686-1739), Delft, from Valerius Röver sr., Delft
1739: inherited by Cornelia Röver-van der Dussen, Delft, from Valerius Röver jr., Delft
1750: purchased by William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1682-1760), Kassel
1806: confiscated by the French army
1806: given to Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison, by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
1814: purchased by Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825), Saint Petersburg, from Joséphine de Beauharnais, Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison

from 1814: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Exhibition history

34 Gemälde "Rembrandts" in Kassel! Die historische Sammlung von Landgraf Wilhelm VIII, Museum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, 20 May 2006–20 August 2006, cat. no. 14.

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom center:

Rembrandt. f. 1634

References

RKDimages, Art-work number 40838, as Workshop of Rembrandt, De kruisafneming, height: 159.3 cm (62.7 in); width: 116 cm (45.6 in)

Source/Photographer

1. www.artchive.com : Home : Info : Pic
2. arthermitage.org
3. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Other versions

Version at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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2007-08-13 18:00 (UTC) | Okinawasan | 137724 (bytes) | 766×1099 | Artchive. Rembrandt van Rijn Descent from the Cross. 1634. Oil on canvas. 62 x 46 in. (158 x 117 cm) Hermitage, St. Petersburg Photo of a two-dimensional work whose author died more than 100 years ago. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rembrandt/descen
2007-08-13 17:59 (UTC) | Okinawasan | 137724 (bytes) | 766×1099 | Artchive. Rembrandt van Rijn Descent from the Cross. 1634. Oil on canvas. 62 x 46 in. (158 x 117 cm) Hermitage, St. Petersburg Photo of a two-dimensional work whose author died more than 100 years ago. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rembrandt/descen

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current	12:53, 26 November 2014	2,789 × 3,840 (1.1 MB)	Trzęsacz	http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/01.+Paintings/43510/?lng=en
	22:22, 18 November 2013	1,080 × 1,476 (270 KB)	Botaurus	http://www.arthermitage.org/Rembrandt-Harmensz-van-Rijn/Descent-from-the-Cross.html
	17:53, 21 October 2011	766 × 1,099 (134 KB)	SreeBot	(Original text) : Artchive. Rembrandt van Rijn Descent from the Cross. 1634. Oil on canvas. 62 x 46 in. (158 x 117 cm) Hermitage, St. Petersburg Photo of a two-dimensional work whose author died more than 100 years ago. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/
	17:52, 21 October 2011	766 × 1,099 (134 KB)	SreeBot	(Original text) : Artchive. Rembrandt van Rijn Descent from the Cross. 1634. Oil on canvas. 62 x 46 in. (158 x 117 cm) Hermitage, St. Petersburg Photo of a two-dimensional work whose author died more than 100 years ago. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/