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Christ Before Pilate: Large Plate

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Christ Before Pilate: Large Plate
1635.
Etching and engraving on paper.
549 x 447 mm
RvR 120
NHD 155, II
Provenance: 
Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), London and Fonthill; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated in bottom margin, "Rembrandt f. 1636 cum privile." (R.253)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over "4" and letters "WR", (Strasbourg lily).

Notes: 

Luke 23:13-25 and John 19:8-16.
The center of the plate completed. Numerous additions throughout the plate for the most part following the touched impressions of the first state in The British Museum, London. (White and Boon)

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
School: 
Dutch
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints