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Print made by Frederik Christiaan Bierweiler, active 1800–1831, Dutch, De Kruisiging, ca. 1820
- Title:
- De Kruisiging
- Additional Title(s):
- The Crucifixion
- Date:
- ca. 1820
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 26 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches (66.7 × 50.2 cm), Plate: 24 3/8 × 16 7/8 inches (61.9 × 42.9 cm), Image: 23 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (59.1 × 42.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "14"
Lettered inside image, upper center: "IHCOYC NAZAPA- | IOC BACIAEYC | TWN IOYDAIWN | IESVS NAZA- | RENVS REX | IVDAEORUM"; lettered below image: "P.P.Rubens, Pinxt. | DE KRUISIGING | Uitgegeeven to Amsterdam, by J.Groenewoud, Jz. op de | Princegracht by de Utrechse Straat in No.26. | F.C.Bierweiler, Sculpt. | Proefdruk."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.645
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Christianity | criminals | crown of thorns | crucifixion | death | eclipses (astronomical) | grief | horses (animals) | ladder | men | nails | New Testament | Passion | pierced | religious and mythological subject | rope | sacrifice | salvation | side | sin | soldiers | spears | the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha (Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38) | women
- Associated People:
- Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
The Virgin Mary - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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