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Rembrandt: 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

The Deposition

Part of

Passion (4 paintings to Descent from the Cross)

Series title

Passion (4 paintings to Descent from the Cross)

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

The Deposition

. Part of Rembrandt's Passion Cycle for Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.

Depicted people

Jesus

Date

between 1632 and 1633

Medium

oil on cedar wood

Dimensions

height: 89.4 cm (35.1 in); width: 65.2 cm (25.6 in)

Collection

Alte Pinakothek

	Native name	Alte Pinakothek
	Parent institution	Bavarian State Painting Collections
	Location	Munich , Germany
	Coordinates	48° 08′ 53.85″ N, 11° 34′ 11.95″ E
	Established	1836
	Website	www.pinakothek.de/en/visit/alte-pinakothek
	Authority file	: Q154568 VIAF: 142985185 ISNI: 0000000121735653 ULAN: 500303270 LCCN: n50061231 NLA: 35389935 WorldCat

Accession number

395

Object history

circa 1633: commissioned by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647)

by 20 March 1668: Amalia van Solms (1602-1675)

by 1716: Johann Wilhelm, Kürfurst von der Pfalz (1658-1716)

1716-1806: Electors Palatine, Düsseldorf

1806: acquired by Alte Pinakothek, Munich

References

Pinakothek Museums Database, as The deposition, 1633, cedar wood, height: 89.4 cm (35.1 in); width: 65.2 cm (25.6 in).
RKDimages, Art-work number 48415, as The deposition from the cross, 1632-1633, panel, height: 89.6 cm (35.2 in); width: 65 cm (25.5 in)Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20283894, as Kreuzabnahme Christi, 1633, oil on cedar wood, height: 89.4 cm (35.1 in); width: 65.2 cm (25.6 in)
Web Gallery of Art, as The Descent from the Cross, circa 1633, oil on canvas, height: 90 cm (35.4 in); width: 65 cm (25.5 in).

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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn

(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

The Descent from the Cross c. 1633 Oil on canvas, 90 x 65 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Rembrandt received a commission from the court in about 1628 through Constantijn Huygens, secretary to the Prince of Orange, for five paintings of the Passion of Christ. The series started with the Raising of the Cross and Descent from the Cross. He was hired to create small versions of Rubens famous altarpieces in Antwerp, the <a onclick="return OpenOther('/html/r/rubens/11religi/03erect.html')" href="/html/r/rubens/11religi/03erect.html">Raising of the Cross</a> and the <a onclick="return OpenOther('/html/r/rubens/11religi/07desce.html')" href="/html/r/rubens/11religi/07desce.html">Descent from the Cross.</a> Huygens asked Rembrandt to produce paintings less than one-twenty-fifth the size of the Rubenses. It must also have been agreed between Huygens and Rembrandt that the artist would inset himself into the composition of the Descent from the Cross as one of the followers of Christ who eased the body to the ground. Originally the Descent from the Cross was intended to be part of a triptych but finally it became one of the five paintings in this series.

The two paintings, finished in 1633 are plainly modelled on Rubens's versions of those subjects. When they were delivered in 1633, a new commission followed, for three more paintings of scenes from the Passion of Christ, The Entombment, The Resurrection and The Ascension. The first to be delivered, early in 1636, was The Ascension, the last in iconographic order. If in the Raising and Descent Rembrandt had vied with Rubens, in the Ascension he had moved back in time to the Venetian master Titian. In a composition based on one of Titian's most famous works, the <a onclick="return OpenOther('/html/t/tiziano/01a/1assunt0.html')" href="/html/t/tiziano/01a/1assunt0.html">Assumption of the Virgin</a> in the Church of Frari in Venice, Rembrandt created an image of earth, sky, and heaven, with mortals taking leave of a divine creature being raised by angels to the Godhead itself.

The reception of the Ascension was not enthusiastic and did not lead to new commissions from The Hague. The final two pieces from the commission of 1633, The Entombment and The Resurrection, were completed in 1639. The series was finally completed only in 1646, with a commission for two other canvases with scenes from the life of Christ as an infant, the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Circumcision (now lost, it is known from a copy in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig).

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Author: REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn Title: The Descent from the Cross Time-line: 1601-1650 School: Dutch Form: painting

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