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The Descent from the Cross by torchlight
1654
- Medium
- etching and drypoint
- Measurements
- 20.9 × 16.2 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Bartsch 83; Hind 280; White & Boon 83; NHD 286 i/iv
- Edition
- 1st of 4 states
- Inscription
- printed in ink in image l.l..: Rembrandt. f. 1654
- Accession Number
- 58-4
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
Watermarks
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- Watermark Form
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Strasbourg lily
- The Strasbourg lily watermark shows a shield with a fleur-de-lis surmounted by a crown. There are many variants of the Strasbourg lily motif used by papermakers in Strasbourg, and some variants have also been connected to South-West France from the mid-17th century onward.
- Watermark and variant description
- Strasbourg lily- B variant. Fleur-de-lis on a crowded shield. The central petal rounded. The crown has three bands, the central one being the broadest. Double horns flank the crown, on which there is a complex fleur-de-lis and leaves. Beside the horns are multi-petal flowers. The shield has side scrolls. A chain line does not go through the centre of the watermark.
- Closely related watermark references
- Heawood 1780 (1680, London); Churchill 401 (1625); Wibiral 7b (1660).
- Completeness
- partial
- Chain Line Interval
- 25.5-26.5 mm
- Laid Line Frequency
- 10 per cm
- Placement and spacing of wires
- 65 x 23 [2|25|26|25|2] x 24
- Wire Side
- verso
- Radiograph taken from
- verso
