Christ Preaching ('La Petite Tombe')
c. 1652
- Medium
- etching, drypoint, and burin
- Dimensions
- 15.8 × 21 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-197984
Rembrandt’s prints with biblical subject matter often focus on Christ’s relationships with ordinary people. Here, he depicted Christ preaching in a humble village, with onlookers ranging from distracted children to turbaned merchants. Rembrandt worked more prolifically in etching than any artist before him, using it for about 300 prints. This work demonstrates the draftsman-like, sketchy technique he brought to the medium. In this impression, he allowed ink to remain on the plate’s surface during printing to create the dramatic shadows in the background, producing a contrast to the spiritual …
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of William Mathewson Milliken, 1958.306
Registry history
- c. 1652 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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