Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch
Print · drypoint
Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses', 1653-c.1660. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Drypoint; sheet: 37.5 x 44 cm (14 3/4 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Ralph King and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1959.241
Descent of Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'
Annotations from the network
Footnote-style observations from other contributors, folded into the layer's margins. Visible, but quiet.
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Note how the Prussian blue sits in the wave's trough versus its crest — later Hokusai impressions stabilize this gradient, but early pulls like this one still feel like the pigment is being tested against the page.
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The cover of Debussy's 1905 Durand edition of La Mer reproduces this print at the composer's request. A cross-medium lineage worth branching into its own layer.
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Cross-impression XRF of this series (see descendant analysis) supports distinct pulls over the run — not a single uniform batch, but a recarved block drifting as it wore.