Rijksmuseum

De kruisafname, tweede plaat

Date

1633

Medium

paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

With the aid of a cloth, a group of men carefully lower Christ’s lifeless body from the Cross. One of them is Rembrandt: the man on the ladder has his face. At the foot of the Cross lies the shroud in which Christ’s body will be wrapped. This huge print reproduces a painting that Rembrandt had made shortly before for Prince Frederick Henry.

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