Beheading of John the Baptist, 1640

  • Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669

Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 5 × 4 inches (12.7 × 10.2 cm) Sheet: 5 1/8 × 4 1/8 inches (13 × 10.5 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S956

Signed and dated, in plate, lower left of image: Rembrandt f. 1640

Watermark, covering most of the sheet: [illegible]

1888, Gabrielli Sale (Rome, Italy). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Beheading of John the Baptist, 1640, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S956.