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The Entombment, over a Sketch of an Executioner
Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1640 - c. 1641
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.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1930-28(R)
- Dimensionsheight 156 mm x width 201 mm
- Physical characteristicspen en bruine inkt; papiercorrectie linksonder; kaderlijnen in bruine inkt