id:			135706
accession number:	1959.241
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.241
updated:		2024-08-08 15:14:49.020000

Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses', 1653-c.1660. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Drypoint; sheet: 37.5 x 44 cm (14 3/4 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Ralph King and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1959.241

title:				Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'
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series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1653-c.1660
creation date earliest:		1653
creation date latest:		1665
current location:		
creditline:			Bequest of Ralph King and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Rembrandt, 17th century
technique:	drypoint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Drypoint
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 78 (XVIII.43)

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 37.5 x 44 cm (14 3/4 x 17 5/16 in.)
state of the work:	iv/v
edition of the work: 	

support materials:

	description:	laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 301 C ; lower left, in graphite: 21805  ; lower left, in graphite: [?]35 ; lower left, in pen and brown ink: #[turned 45% with dots top, bottom, and at the two sides] ://:
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
	opening date:   1965-05-06T04:00:00
	<i>Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).

	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).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

	title:		Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2014-03-09T00:00:00
	<i>Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	S. E. L. “Year in Review.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 46, no. 10 (December 1959): 210–231.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 218; Mentioned: p. 231
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142366

	Richards, Louise S. “Rembrandt: Chiaroscuro and the Etchings.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 52, no. 4 (April 1965): 106–111.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 110-111, fig. 7
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152046

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 124
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n148

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 124
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n148

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 160
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n180

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 351
	url:		

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