Rijksmuseum
The Entombment
Creator
RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669) · 1606–1669
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- c. 1654
- Medium
- paper
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- RP-P-OB-153
From LinkedCulture
This print is almost completely dark, and that darkness is the entire point. Rembrandt van Rijn made The Entombment around 1654, using etching, drypoint, and burin to leave only a faint glow around Christ's body, drawing your eye into a hushed scene of grief. A tall bearded figure at the left clasps his hands in prayer while shadow swallows everything beyond that small circle of light. Rembrandt reworked the plate through multiple states, pushing the darkness further each time, making this one of his boldest experiments in tone.
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