Death of the Virgin

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Death of the Virgin

Entry/Object ID

2007.49

Description

Delicately delineated scene of a crowded 17th century bedroom with the aged Virgin's body lying in state on a four poster bed, surrounded by mourners as angels look on from above. Experimental technique.

Artwork Details

Medium

Etching

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of Jeffrey Brown

Made/Created

Artist

Van Rijn, Rembrandt

Notes

Creation Date: 1639, printed 18th century

Ethnography

Notes

Netherlands Europe, Netherlands

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

BLC recto

Transcription

RembrandtF 1639

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

12-1/4 in

Length

15-3/8 in

Dimension Description

frame

Width

23-3/4 in

Length

27-1/4 in