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accession number:	1928.84
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The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight, 1654. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching and drypoint; sheet: 21 x 16.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1928.84

title:				The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
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creation date:			1654
creation date earliest:		1654
creation date latest:		1654
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creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	etching and drypoint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 83 (XVIII.46)

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CREATORS

* Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 21 x 16.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in plate: Rembrandt. f 1654['a] reversed ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: 1[circled] ; lower left, in pen and black ink: n c "[horizontal line through two short vertical lines] ; lower left, in graphite: R937J ; lower center, in graphite: C ; lower right, in graphite: A
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1934-06-05T04:00:00
	<i>Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 5-September 12, 1934).

	title:		Prints by Rembrandt from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1937-11-28T05:00:00
	<i>Prints by Rembrandt from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 28, 1937-March 8, 1938).

	title:		Inaugural Exhibition of the New Print Gallery - Prints from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1938-08-10T04:00:00
	<i>Inaugural Exhibition of the New Print Gallery - Prints from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-November 13, 1938).

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts
	opening date:   1949-09-30T04:00:00
	<i>Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949).

	title:		Dutch Painting, The Golden Age
	opening date:   1955-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>Dutch Painting, The Golden Age</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 27, 1955).

	title:		Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
	opening date:   1958-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

	title:		Old Master Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1966-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Old Master Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

	title:		Eight Masters of the Print
	opening date:   1980-10-14T04:00:00
	<i>Eight Masters of the Print</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 14, 1980-January 18, 1981).

	title:		Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics
	opening date:   1982-04-27T04:00:00
	<i>Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-August 1, 1982).

	title:		Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle
	opening date:   1984-01-24T05:00:00
	<i>Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-May 25, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Leonard Colton Hanna, Jr. (1889-1957), Cleveland Ohio; gift, 1928
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Descent from the Corss by Torchlight an Etching by Rembrandt." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>15, no. 9 (Novermber 1928): 180-182.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 181; Reproduced: cover
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137155

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