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De graflegging
Creator
RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669) · 1606–1669
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- c. 1654
- Medium
- Japanese paper (handmade paper)
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- RP-P-1962-41
From LinkedCulture
Around 1654, Rembrandt van Rijn printed this etching of the entombment of Christ on warm, deep yellow Japanese handmade paper, and that choice changes everything. Where the light source is hidden behind a figure with his back to us, Rembrandt left the paper almost untouched, letting its amber tone become the glow of a torch. Dense parallel lines build the darkness of the vault above, while skulls rest quietly on a ledge in the background. That contrast between shadow and warmth gives this burial scene an intimacy no European paper version can match.
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From the Rijksmuseum record
Christ is being laid in a tomb as mourning bystanders look on. The areas of shadow in the scene consist of powerful parallel lines. The light source is hidden behind the man with his back to us. Barely any hatching can be discerned in that most brightly lit spot. The deep yellow Japanese paper lends the scene a warm glow, which accords well with lamp or torchlight.
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