Rijksmuseum

De besnijdenis

Date

c. 1625

Medium

paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

This is Rembrandt’s very first print, heralding the extraordinary ambition of this newcomer to the art of etching. He chose a composition with many figures and worked it out in a large format. It shows the circumcision of Jesus, a subject he often revisited thereafter. Unlike Rembrandt’s later etchings, which he issued himself, this one was published by the printseller Beerendrecht in Haarlem.

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