Antique Master Print-THE-DEATH-OF-THE-VIRGIN-Vivant Denon-Rembrandt-1783

“The death of the Virgin” Depicts the Dormition: Mary on her deathbed; the apostles are gathered around her (John the Evangelist may be shown sleeping or dreaming).

Made by Dominique Vivant Denon after Rembrandt van Rijn.

Medium: Etching, drypoint on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 32.3 x 41 cm (12.72 x 16.14 inch). Image size: 30.8 x 37.5 cm. (12.13 x 14.76 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Some folding and creasing. Small pinhole at top right, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

REMBRANDT, DEATH OF THE VIRGIN, DORMITION, APOSTLES, JOHN THE EVANGELIST | EXPO-DUTCH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish 173-copy e.

Biography engraver: Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (1747-1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. Denon was a diplomat for France under Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was appointed as the first Director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798?1801, and is commemorated in the Denon Wing of the modern museum and in the Dominique-Vivant Denon Research Center. His two-volume Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte (“Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt”), 1802, was foundational for modern Egyptology.

Biography artist: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art. It is estimated Rembrandt produced a total of about three hundred paintings, three hundred etchings, and two thousand drawings.