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De graflegging over een schets van een beul
Creator
RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669) · 1606–1669
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- c. 1640 - c. 1641
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Culture
- Amsterdam
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- RP-T-1930-28(R)
From LinkedCulture
On a single sheet of paper, Rembrandt sketched an executioner - then flipped his thinking and drew the burial of Christ right over it. You can still see the earlier figure at the left, head bowed, arms suggested in quick strokes behind a ruled vertical line. Christ's body is unmistakably lifeless: hair hanging limp, limbs rigid as the bearers visibly strain against his weight. Made around 1640 to 1641 in ink, this drawing reveals how Rembrandt moved between observed suffering and sacred story on the same piece of paper.
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From the Rijksmuseum record
This expressive drawing shows how Rembrandt translated his observations of human suffering into the biblical stories he depicted. Christ is truly dead: his body is stiff, and his hair hangs down. The men who carry the cloth with the corpse display visible exertion. Rembrandt initially used this sheet for a sketch of an executioner whose head and arms can still be discerned at the left of the curtain.
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